@article{5072,
  keywords = {adverse event reporting, organizational network approach, safety culture},
  author = {Lianne Jeffs and Chris Hayes and Orla Smith and Muhammad M. Mamdani and Rosane Nisenbaum and Chaim M. Bell and Patricia McKernan and Ella Ferris},
  title = {The effect of an organizational network for patient safety on safety event reporting.},
  abstract = {<p>Health care organizations continue to implement organization-wide educational approaches to enhance patient safety with less attention on evaluating the impact of these approaches. In this context, a study was conducted to measure the impact of an organization-wide patient safety network approach on patient safety event reporting. A time-series analysis with reported rates of adverse events (major and moderate), near misses, sentinel events, and incidents from 2 years prior through 13 months following implementation was conducted. Study findings include a significant increase in reporting of patient safety events (an approximately 50% increase in overall reporting of safety events was observed; p < .001), especially near misses (an approximately 100% increase following implementation; p = .002). Study findings suggest that a multifaceted networked approach does contribute to improving patient safety event reporting. </p>},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Eval Health Prof},
  volume = {37},
  pages = {366-78},
  month = {09/2014},
  issn = {1552-3918},
  doi = {10.1177/0163278713491267},
  language = {eng},
}