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: • ...

At the core of this culture are 7 pillars of accountability, foundational principles that serve as the backbone of ...

Building a culture of curiosity can foster quality care, improve nurse satisfaction, enhance patient safety and build trust, according to Sue Behrens, ...

The American College of Healthcare Executives and the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute are collaborating to create a “playbook” to support leaders in their efforts to build ...

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 ...

Patient safety culture in healthcare refers to the collective commitment by clinicians, managers and supporting staff to prioritise patient safety through ethical practices, open communication and ...

Strong culture often leads to improvements across the board of orthopedic practices and organizations, according to these leaders. From improved patient care to enhanced efficiency to organizational ...

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 ...

Using a safety attitudes questionnaire can be useful in measuring the effectiveness of patient safety improvement initiatives, according to an article published in the Journal of Patient Safety.

PubMed Central® (PMC), the archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM), recently released a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background:The safety and quality of care provided to nursing home residents is a significant concern. Little is known whether fostering ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nine months after the ransomware attack on the health payment processing company Change Healthcare, the ...