Issues and complexities in safety culture assessment in healthcare.

Louise A Ellis; Emma Falkland; Peter Hibbert; Siri Wiig; Eline Ree; Timothy J Schultz; Christy Pirone; Jeffrey Braithwaite

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Issues and complexities in safety culture assessment in healthcare.

July 19, 2023

Ellis LA, Falkland E, Hibbert P, et al. Front Public Health. 2023;11:1217542.

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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.

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