Is culture associated with patient safety in the emergency department? A study of staff perspectives

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-70

  noord, Inge Verbeek van ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b   dyck, Cathy Van ^c   Twisk, Jos W R ^a,c   De bruijne, Martine C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Mixed model analyses; Patient safety culture; Perceived level of patient safety; Prediction modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL ERROR; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TEAMWORK;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; MIXED MODEL ANALYSES; PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE; PERCEIVED LEVEL OF PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION MODELLING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84893622026     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt087     Document Type: Article

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