Developing international benchmarks of patient safety culture in hospital care: Findings of the OECD patient safety culture pilot data collection and considerations for future work

Improving patient safety culture (PSC) is a significant priority for OECD countries as they work to improve healthcare quality and safety-a goal that has increased in importance as countries have faced new safety concerns connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from benchmarking work in PSC sho...

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Main Author: de Bienassis, Katherine (Author)
Other Authors: Klazinga, Nicolaas S.. (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2022
Series:OECD Health Working Papers
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Improving patient safety culture (PSC) is a significant priority for OECD countries as they work to improve healthcare quality and safety-a goal that has increased in importance as countries have faced new safety concerns connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from benchmarking work in PSC show that there is significant room for improvement. Across included survey findings from OECD countries, less than half (46% ) of surveyed health workers believe that important patient care information is transferred across hospital units and during shift changes. Just two-in-five surveyed health workers in OECD countries believe the staffing levels at their workplace are appropriate for ensuring patient safety (40%) or that mistakes and event reports would not held against them (41%). International benchmarking is a feasible and useful addition to exiting measurement initiatives on safety culture and may help accelerate necessary improvements in patient safety outcomes
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (69 Seiten) 21 x 28cm
DOI:10.1787/95ae65a3-en

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