Issues and complexities in safety culture assessment in healthcare.
Ellis LA, Falkland E, Hibbert P, et al. Issues and complexities in safety culture assessment in healthcare. Front Public Health. 2023;11:1217542. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1217542.
Safety culture is recognized as an essential component of reducing or preventing errors and improving overall patient safety. This commentary calls for greater consistency in defining and measuring safety culture across settings. The authors describe challenges faced by patient safety professionals and researchers, and offer recommendations on overcoming them.