Leveraging Patient Safety Research: Efforts Made Fifteen Years Since To Err Is Human.

Despite U.S. federal agencies increasing their investment since 1999's release of To Err Is Human, recent reports suggest there is a lack of measurable outcomes in patient safety research.

Psychometric Analysis of a Survey on Patient Safety Culture-Based Tool for Emergency Medical Services.

Objective: Evaluating organizational safety culture is critical for high-stress, high-risk professions such as prehospital emergency medical services (EMS). The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a safety culture instrument for EMS, based on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's widely used Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS).

Methods: The final EMS-adapted instrument consisted of 37 items covering 11 safety culture domains including 10 domains from existing SOPS instruments and one new domain for communication while en route to an emergency call.