Quality Problem Or Issue: Patient safety is an important topic within healthcare systems. A favourable safety culture might promote safety. We examined whether a nation-wide patient safety programme (PSP) improved patient safety culture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Internet is increasingly being used to provide patients with information about the quality of care of different health care providers. Although online comparative health care information is widely available internationally, and patients have been shown to be interested in this information, its effect on patients' decision making is still limited.
Objective: This study aimed to explore patients' preferences regarding information presentation and their values concerning tailored comparative health care information.
Objective: To examine how information presentation affects the understanding and use of information for quality improvement.
Design: An experimental design, testing 22 formats, and showing information on patient safety culture. Formats differed in visualization, outcomes and benchmark information.
Background: By assessing patient safety culture, healthcare providers can identify areas for improvement in patient safety culture. To achieve this, these assessment outcomes have to be relevant and presented clearly. The aim of our study was to explore healthcare professionals' views on the feedback of a patient safety culture assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the evidence of the effectiveness of classroom-based Crew Resource Management training on safety culture by a systematic review of literature.
Methods: Studies were identified in PubMed, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, and Educational Resources Information Center up to 19 December 2012. The Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews was used to assess the risk of bias in the individual studies.