Running a hospital patient safety campaign: a qualitative study.

Piotr Ozieranski; Victoria Robins; Joel Minion; Janet Willars; John Wright; Simon Weaver; Graham Martin; Mary Dixon Woods

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Running a hospital patient safety campaign: a qualitative study.

September 17, 2014

Ozieranski P, Robins V, Minion J, et al. J Health Organ Manag. 2014;28(4):562-75.

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An in-depth, qualitative analysis of a safety campaign at a hospital in the United Kingdom demonstrated variations in perceptions of its goals and utility between project leaders and frontline staff. The authors advocate for patient safety campaigns to be used with other interventions such as incentives and leadership development.

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