Patient safety climate: a study of Southern California healthcare organizations.
Avramchuk AS, McGuire SJJ. Patient Safety Climate: A Study of Southern California Healthcare Organizations. J Healthc Manag. 2018;63(3):175-192. doi:10.1097/JHM-D-16-00004.
Improving the culture of safety within health care is an essential component of preventing or reducing errors. This study reports on the development and initial validation of a novel safety culture survey. The tool incorporates similar domains to other existing safety culture surveys but is designed to offer a brief way to assess safety climate at the organizational level.