Effects of patient safety culture interventions on incident reporting in general practice : a cluster randomised trial1)

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 14-15
Author(s):  
Hester Vermeulen ◽  
Marian Smeulers ◽  
Jolanda Maaskant
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Incident Reporting ◽  
Cluster Randomised

scholarly journals Effects of patient safety culture interventions on incident reporting in general practice: a cluster randomised trial

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (634) ◽  
pp. e319-e329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha J Verbakel ◽  
Maaike Langelaan ◽  
Theo JM Verheij ◽  
Cordula Wagner ◽  
Dorien LM Zwart
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Randomised Trial ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Incident Reporting ◽  
Cluster Randomised Trial ◽  
Cluster Randomised

scholarly journals A comparative assessment of two tools designed to support patient safety culture in UK general practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Litchfield ◽  
Kate Marsden ◽  
Lucy Doos ◽  
Katherine Perryman ◽  
Anthony Avery ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Practice Team

Abstract Background The NHS has recognised the importance of a high quality patient safety culture in the delivery of primary health care in the rapidly evolving environment of general practice. Two tools, PC-SafeQuest and MapSaf, were developed with the intention of assessing and improving patient safety culture in this setting. Both have been made widely available through their inclusion in the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Patient Safety Toolkit and our work offerss a timely exploration of the tools to inform practice staff as to how each might be usefully applied and in which circumstances. Here we present a comparative analysis of their content, and describe the perspectives of staff on their design, outputs and the feasibility of their sustained use. Methods We have used a content analysis to provide the context for the qualitative study of staff experiences of using the tools at a representative range of practices recruited from across the Midlands (UK). Data was collected through moderated focus groups using an identical topic guide. Results A total of nine practices used the PC-SafeQuest tool and four the MapSaf tool. A total of 159 staff completed the PC-SafeQuest tool 52 of whom took part in the subsequent focus group discussions, and 25 staff completed the MapSaf tool all of whom contributed to the focus group discussions. PC-SafeQuest was perceived as quick and easy to use with direct questions pertinent to the work of GP practices providing useful quantitative insight into important areas of safety culture. Though MaPSaF was more logistically challenging, it created a forum for synchronous cross- practice discussions raising awareness of perceptions of safety culture across the practice team. Conclusions Both tools were able to promote reflective and reflexive practice either in individual staff members or across the broader practice team and the oversight they granted provided useful direction for senior staff looking to improve patient safety. Because PC SafeQuest can be easily disseminated and independently completed it is logistically suited to larger practice organisations, whereas the MapSaf tool lends itself to smaller practices where assembling staff in a single workshop is more readily achieved.

Traditional Lectures Actually Improve the Body of Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Health Care Professional for Health Incident Reporting System

2020 ◽  
pp. 001857872091855
Author(s):  
Marcus Vinicius de Souza Joao Luiz ◽  
Fabiana Rossi Varallo ◽  
Celsa Raquel Villaverde Melgarejo ◽  
Tales Rubens de Nadai ◽  
Patricia de Carvalho Mastroianni
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Health Care Professional ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Incident Reporting ◽  
Event Reporting ◽  
Incident Reporting System ◽  
Traditional Lectures

Introduction: A solid patient safety culture lies at the core of an effective event reporting system in a health care setting requiring a professional commitment for event reporting identification. Therefore, health care settings should provide strategies in which continuous health care education comes up as a good alternative. Traditional lectures are usually more convenient in terms of costs, and they allow us to disseminate data, information, and knowledge through a large number of people in the same room. Taking in consideration the tight money budgets in Brazil and other countries, it is relevant to investigate the impact of traditional lectures on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to incident reporting system and patient safety culture. Objective: The study aim was to assess the traditional lecture impact on the improvement of health care professional competency dimensions (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) and on the number of health care incident reports for better patient safety culture. Participants and Methods: An open-label, nonrandomized trial was conducted in ninety-nine health care professionals who were assessed in terms of their competencies (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) related to the health incident reporting system, before and after education intervention (traditional lectures given over 3 months). Results: All dimensions of professional competencies were improved after traditional lectures ( P < .05, 95% confidence interval). Conclusions: traditional lectures are helpful strategy for the improvement of the competencies for health care incident reporting system and patient safety.

scholarly journals Improving patient safety culture in general practice: an interview study

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (641) ◽  
pp. e822-e828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha J Verbakel ◽  
Antoinette A de Bont ◽  
Theo JM Verheij ◽  
Cordula Wagner ◽  
Dorien LM Zwart
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Interview Study

scholarly journals Patient safety culture measurement in general practice. Clinimetric properties of 'SCOPE'

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorien LM Zwart ◽  
Maaike Langelaan ◽  
Rosalinde C van de Vooren ◽  
Marijke M Kuyvenhoven ◽  
Cor J Kalkman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Patient Safety Culture

scholarly journals Exploring Patient Safety Culture in a Kuwaiti Secondary Care Setting

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. e77-85
Author(s):  
Hamad Alqattan ◽  
Jennifer Cleland ◽  
Zoe Morrison ◽  
Isobel M. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Incident Reporting ◽  
Healthcare Staff ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Staff Members

Objectives: Qualitative studies can improve understanding of patient safety culture (PSC), which has been relatively neglected by researchers in the Gulf Cooperation Council context. This study employed a qualitative approach to explore healthcare staff and patients’ perceptions of PSC and how it can be improved. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in a public hospital in Kuwait. Individual face-to-face interviews were used to understand the experience of healthcare staff and patients concerning PSC. After obtaining the required ethical approvals, maximum variation sampling was used. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. The analysis was inductive and thematic. Results: A total of 51 participants were included in this study (35 healthcare professionals and 16 patients). Data analysis revealed four overarching themes relevant to the research question: (1) workload; (2) communication; (3) environmental constraints; and (4) incident reporting. These issues were interrelated in practice. Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti participants held different views, particularly about the response to errors and expatriate staff members’ clinical skills. Conclusion: This study revealed multiple factors related to workload, communication, healthcare environment and incident reporting, which hindered the promotion of positive PSC in the included department. The presence of numerous constraints suggests that multiple interventions which target both individual and organisational levels should be implemented.   KEYWORDS Health Services Research; Patient Safety; Safety Culture; Kuwait.

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