Time Out Partners

  • AORN of the Twin Cities-Chapter 2401
  • Greater Minnesota Initiative
    for Safe Surgery (GMISS)
  • Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians
  • Minnesota Academy of Opthalmology
  • Minnesota Academy of Otolaryngology
  • Minnesota Ambulatory Health Care Consortium (MAHCC)
  • Minnesota Ambulatory Surgical
    Center Association MNASCA)
  • Minnesota American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (MNACOG)
  • Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
  • Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA)
    - Board of Directors
    - Physician Leadership Council
  • Minnesota Medical Association (MMA)
  • Minnesota Medical Group Management Association (MMGMA)
  • Minnesota Organization of Leaders in Nursing (MOLN)
  • Minnesota Orthopaedic Society,
    St. Paul
  • Minnesota Society of Anesthesiologists, St. Paul
  • Minnesota Urological Society
  • MMIC Group
  • Stratis Health


Time Out Providers - Hospitals

  • Avera Marshall
  • Bigfork Valley Hospital
  • CentraCare - St. Cloud Hospital
  • CentraCare Health System -
    Long Prairie
  • CentraCare Health System - Melrose
  • Children's Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul
  • Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital
  • Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby
  • Deer River HealthCare Center
  • District One Hospital, Faribault
  • Douglas County Hospital, Alexandria
  • Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital
  • Essentia Health Ada
  • Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd
  • Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth
  • Fairview Lakes Medical Center, Wyoming
  • Fairview Range Regional Health Services, Hibbing
  • Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville
  • Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina
  • FirstLight Health System, Mora
  • Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul
  • Glacial Ridge Health System, Glenwood
  • Glencoe Regional Health Services
  • Grand Itasca Hospital and Clinic, Grand Rapids
  • Granite Falls Municipal Hospital
    and Manor
  • Hendricks Community Hospital Association
  • Hennepin County Medical Center
  • Hutchinson Health Care
  • Lake Region Healthcare,
    Fergus Falls
  • Lakeview Hospital, Stillwater
  • LakeWood Health Center, Baudette
  • Lakewood Health System, Staples
  • LifeCare Medical Center, Roseau
  • Madelia Community Hospital
  • Maple Grove Hospital
  • Mayo Clinic Health System -
    Albert Lea
  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Austin
  • Mayo Clinic Health System -
    Fairmont
  • Mayo Clinic Health System -
    Waseca
  • Mayo Clinic Rochester
  • Meeker Memorial Hospital, Litchfield
  • Murray County Medical Center, Slayton
  • North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale
  • Northfield Hospital
  • Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester
  • Ortonville Area Health Services
  • Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis
  • Paynesville Area Health Care System
  • Perham Memorial Hospital
  • Pipestone County Medical Center
  • Queen of Peace Hospital, New Prague
  • Rainy Lake Medical Center, International Falls
  • RC Hospital & Clinics, Olivia
  • Red Wing Health Services
  • Redwood Area Hospital, Redwood Falls
  • Regina Medical Center, Hastings
  • Regions Hospital, St. Paul
  • Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia
  • Rivers Edge Hospital & Clinic, St. Peter
  • RiverView Health, Crookston
  • Riverwood Health Care Center, Aitkin
  • Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
  • Sanford Jackson Medical Center
  • Sanford Luverne Medical Center
  • Sanford Medical Center Bemidji
  • Sanford Medical Center Canby
  • Sanford Medical Center Thief
    River Falls
  • Sanford Tracy Medical Center
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children, Minneapolis
  • Sibley Medical Center, Arlington
  • Sleepy Eye Medical Center
  • St. Cloud Hospital
  • St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Wabasha
  • St. Francis Healthcare Campus, Breckenridge
  • St. John's Hospital, Maplewood
  • St. Joseph's Area Health Services, Park Rapids
  • St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul
  • St. Michael's Hospital, Sauk Centre
  • Stevens Community Medical Center, Morris
  • Swift County Benson Hospital
  • Tri-County Health Care, Wadena
  • United Hospital District, Blue Earth
  • University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis
  • Virginia Regional Medical Center
  • Windom Area Hospital
  • Winona Health Services
  • Woodwinds Health Campus, Woodbury

Time Out Providers - Surgical Centers

  • CentraCare Surgery Center,
    St. Cloud
  • Central Minnesota Surgical Center, St. Cloud
  • Clinic Sofia OBGYN, P.A., Edina
  • Crossroads Surgery Center, Faribault
  • Fairview Northland Medical Center, Surgery Dept., Princeton
  • Family Surgery Center, Willmar
  • HealthPartners Same Day Surgery, St. Paul
  • High Pointe Surgery Center,
    Lake Elmo
  • Institute for Low Back & Neck Care Special Procedures, Plymouth
  • Lakewood Surgery Center,
    Grand Rapids
  • Landmark Surgery Center, St. Paul
  • Maplewood Surgery Center
  • Mayo Clinic - Surgical Services, Rochester
  • MidSota Surgical Suites, St. Cloud
  • Midwest Surgery Center, Woodbury
  • Minnesota Eye Institute, Alexandria
  • Minnesota Eye Laser & Surgery Center, Bloomington
  • Minnesota Vascular Surgery Center, New Brighton
  • North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center, Maple Grove
  • Regional Eye Surgery Center, Inc., Hutchinson
  • River Falls Medical Clinic, River Falls, Wis.
  • Sanford Same Day Surgery Bemidji
  • Southwest Surgical Center dba Orthopaedic Institute, Edina
  • Specialists in General Surgery, Maple Grove
  • Sports & Orthopaedic Specialists
  • St. Cloud Surgical Center
  • St. Paul Surgeons Ltd.
  • Willmar Surgery Center
  • Woodbury Ambulatory Surgery Center, Woodbury

The primary goal of the Minnesota Safe Surgery Coalition is to eliminate wrong-site, wrong procedure and wrong patient events within a 3-year timeframe by using a multistakeholder, multi-pronged approach that engages physicians, front line staff, and facility leaders. The Time Out Campaign is the first project phase and is designed to eliminate wrong-site events through administration, physicians and front-line staff joining together to hold each other accountable for conducting robust, effective time-outs for every patient, every invasive procedure, every time. See overview of the project: DOC.

Time Out Campaign Tools

Overall Campaign Tools

  • Partner Organization Pledge: [DOC]
  • Provider Organization Pledge: [DOC]
  • Overview - Safe Surgery Coalition/Time Out Campaign: [DOC]
  • Time Out Physician Peer-Peer DVD: (view)
  • Pledge Posters and "I Pledged" Stickers: contact Nadine Simonson for more information
  • Time Out Promotional Poster: [PDF]: 36"x52" version: [PDF]
  • Pledge Posters: [PDF]; 36"x52 version: [PDF]
  • Press Release: [DOC]
  • Internal Newsletter: [DOC]
  • MHA and MDH Time Out Implementation Tool Kit

Facility Leadership Tools

  • Overview - Time Out Campaign: [DOC]
  • Talking Points: [DOC]
  • Time Out Presentation: [DOC]
  • Stop the Line Policy Template: [DOC]
  • Time Out Script - OR: [DOC]
  • Time Out Script - Outside the OR: [DOC]
  • Individual Provider Pledge: [DOC]
  • Time Out Physician Peer-Peer DVD (view)

Physician Tools

  • Overview - Time Out Campaign: [DOC]
  • Time Out Physician Peer-Peer DVD (view)
  • Talking Points for Physicians: [DOC]
  • Provider Organization Pledge: [DOC]
  • Time Out for Physicians Template Presentation: [PPT]
  • Time Out Script - OR: [DOC]
  • Time Out Script - Outside the OR: [DOC]
  • Case Studies: [DOC]
  • Individual Provider Pledge: [DOC]
  • Time Out - Interventional Radiology (coming soon)
  • Time Out - Anesthesia: [PDF]

CME Provider Tools

  • Disclosures: [PDF]
  • Part III Application: [PDF]
  • Needs Assessment: [PDF]
  • Evaluation Form: [DOC]
  • Time out for Physicians Template Presentation: [PPT]
  • Time Out Script - OR: [DOC]
  • Time Out Script - Outside the OR: [DOC]