Promoting a culture of safety as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Sallie J. Weaver; Lisa H. Lubomksi; Renee F. Wilson; Elizabeth R. Pfoh; Kathryn A. Martinez; Sydney M. Dy

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Promoting a culture of safety as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

March 13, 2013

Weaver SJ, Lubomksi LH, Wilson RF, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):369-74.

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This systematic review—part of the AHRQ Making Health Care Safer II report—found some evidence that interventions, such as teamwork training, executive walk rounds, and structured communications approaches, can improve safety culture, especially when bundled together as a multicomponent intervention.

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