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Implementing a MET response system in a hospital will likely alter the culture of care and threaten the status quo. There are many potential psychological, emotional, sociological, and economic barriers to bringing a new system of care to a stable environment. Nevertheless, strong data indicate that such a system of care will decrease unexpected mortality in a variety of hospital settings. Therefore, the key question with which hospital leadership must grapple is how to implement the system, not whether to implement it. There is no strong data to define the particular barriers, nor how to overcome them. Instead, in this chapter we have proposed strategies that have been effective in our hospital environments and may benefit others as well.
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DeVita, M.A., Hillman, K. (2006). Potential Sociological and Political Barriers to Medical Emergency Team Implementation. In: DeVita, M.A., Hillman, K., Bellomo, R. (eds) Medical Emergency Teams. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27921-0_9
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