Impact of individual and team features of patient safety climate: a survey in family practices.

Barbara Hoffmann; Carolin Miessner; Zeycan Albay; Jakob Schröber; Katrin Weppler; Ferdinand M. Gerlach; Corina Güthlin

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Impact of individual and team features of patient safety climate: a survey in family practices.

August 14, 2013

Hoffmann B, Miessner C, Albay Z, et al. Ann Fam Med. 2013;11(4):355-62.

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This survey conducted in German family medicine clinics found that perceptions of safety climate were generally positive, and practices in which the entire multidisciplinary team participated in the survey scored the highest.

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