The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a free downloadable patient safety culture assessment tools for hospitals. Healthcare organizations can use these survey assessment tools to: • ...

This study examines the correlation between a Culture of Patient Safety as measured by hospital staff surveys and actual patient harm attributed to hospital performance. It is generally accepted by ...

When patient safety concerns arise in a non-punitive workplace, the emphasis is on improving processes rather than blaming individuals. Establishing a non-punitive workplace culture is a cornerstone ...

With value-based care set to be a driving force in healthcare reimbursement for the foreseeable future, it’s crucial for healthcare leaders to use the tools at their disposal to build a patient safety ...

Safety culture refers to the ways that safety issues are addressed in a workplace. It often reflects “the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in relation to safety.” 1 The ...

Explore the systemic issues affecting mental health inpatient safety and discover how better workforce, culture, and accountability can drive safer, high‑quality care.

This study examined the relationship between the departmental work environment and patient safety outcomes to determine if there were particular subcomponents of a department’s work environment that ...

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” — an investigation into the prevalence of medical errors ...

As health systems continue shifting higher-acuity cases into outpatient settings, ASCs are being asked to do more, and at Novant Health, that evolution has required more than standardized protocols.

The field of patient safety in dentistry is evolving rapidly, encompassing a broad spectrum of initiatives aimed at reducing iatrogenic harm and minimising adverse events. A multifaceted approach ...

The three-hospital healthcare alliance's "Lines and Drains" EHR analytics project achieved 100% compliance in documentation ...

As my family will attest, my focus on safety at Allscripts is embedded in everything I do. A recent experience which highlights this occurred during my trip to attend the Partnership for Health IT ...