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Safety Culture

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•Health Care Providers (469)

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TOOLKIT

Seven steps to patient safety in general practice.

National Patient Safety Agency. London, England: NHS; 2009.

STUDY

Are health professionals' perceptions of patient safety related to figures on safety incidents?

Martijn L, Harmsen M, Gaal S, Mettes D, van Dulmen S, Wensing M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2012 Jul 29; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Patient safety climate in primary care: age matters.

Holden LM, Watts DD, Hinton WP. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:23-28.

COMMENTARY

Reducing diagnostic error through medical home-based primary care reform.

Singh H, Graber M. JAMA. 2010;304:463-464.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2010.

BOOK/REPORT

Safety First: Top of Your Board's Agenda: 100 Day Challenge Survey Report.

The Patients Association. Harrow, Middlesex, UK: The Patients Association; June 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

2012 User Comparative Database Report: Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Sorra J, Famolaro T, Dyer N, Smith S, Liu H, Ragan M. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2012. AHRQ Publication No. 12-0052.

STUDY

Patient safety in primary care has many aspects: an interview study in primary care doctors and nurses.

Gaal S, van Laarhoven E, Wolters R, Wetzels R, Verstappen W, Wensing M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2010;16:639-643.

STUDY

Measuring perceptions of safety climate in primary care: a cross-sectional study.

de Wet C, Johnson P, Mash R, McConnachie A, Bowie P. J Eval Clin Pract. 2012;18:135-142.

STUDY

The relationship of self-report of quality to practice size and health information technology.

Gorman PN, O'Malley JP, Fagnan LJ. J Am Board Fam Med. 2012;25:614-624.

STUDY

Stopping the error cascade: a report on ameliorators from the ASIPS collaborative.

Parnes B, Fernald D, Quintela J, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:12-16.