Examination of how a survey can spur culture changes using a quality improvement approach: a region-wide approach to determining a patient safety culture.

Janice Pringle; Robert J. Weber; Kristen Rice; Levent Kirisci; Carl A. Sirio

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Examination of how a survey can spur culture changes using a quality improvement approach: a region-wide approach to determining a patient safety culture.

July 1, 2009

Pringle J, Weber RJ, Rice K, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2009;24(5):374-84.

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This study provides an example of how formal assessment of safety culture may be used to inform specific quality improvement efforts.

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