SOPS Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set for the Hospital Survey.

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SOPS Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set for the Hospital Survey.

March 28, 2018

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2018.

Organizational culture can affect the use of tools and processes implemented to improve safety. This release of the Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set to be used in conjunction with the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Hospital Survey can help organizations explore how culture affects the use of health information technology. Included with the data set is a report of initial results regarding its use in the field.

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