Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-311

  Singer, Sara J ^a   Falwell, Alyson ^b   Gaba, David M ^c   Meterko, Mark ^d   Rosen, Amy ^e   Hartmann, Christine W ^e   Baker, Laurence ^f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Altos Group   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital characteristics; Organizational culture; Patient safety; Safety climate; Survey

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LINEAR MODELS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350680832     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181afc10c     Document Type: Review

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