This report describes a small-scale project about the impact that future ATM technologies may have on safety culture in ATM. The overall objectives of this project were to: i) gather evidence for the impact of recently introduced systems on safety culture and ii) examine the potential impact future ATM functions may have on safety culture that could potentially affect safety. This was undertake...

BACKGROUND The association between measurements of the patient safety culture and the "true" patient safety has been insufficiently documented, and the validity of the tools used for the measurements has been questioned. This study explored associations between the patient safety culture and adverse events, and evaluated the validity of the tools. METHODS In 2008/2009, a survey on patient saf...

Background: Patient safety has been considered the heart of healthcare quality. This study aims to explore relationships between patient safety culture and adverse event rates at unit levels in Palestinian hospitals, and provide insight on initiatives to improve patient safety. Methods: A retrospective, exploratory design was used. Patient safety culture was measured by the Hospital Survey of P...

BACKGROUND The measurement of safety culture in healthcare is generally regarded as a first step towards improvement. Based on a self-assessment of safety culture, the Frankfurt Patient Safety Matrix (FraTrix) aims to enable healthcare teams to improve safety culture in their organisations. In this study we assessed the effects of FraTrix on safety culture in general practice. METHODS We cond...

background: today, with the development of technology, the presence and role of human resources has been highlighted in industrial environments. hence, the importance of safety culture is growing. mining is the one of the most dangerous occupations. therefore, this study was performed to determine the effect of health, safety, and environment management system (hse-ms) on safety climate in one ...

is widely accepted that the desired improvements in patient safety require a change in the culture within healthcare (CPSI 2004; IOM 2000; NPSA 2004). The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “To Err Is Human” concluded that “the status quo is no longer acceptable ... Health care organizations must develop a culture of safety” (IOM 2000: 14). In the UK, building a safety culture is the first step...

BACKGROUND Patient safety culture is an important aspect for quality healthcare delivery and is an issue of high concern globally. In Ethiopia health system little is known and information is limited in scope about patient safety culture. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the level of patient safety culture and associated factors in Jimma zone Hospitals, southwest Ethiopia. METHO...

BACKGROUND A number of private and public companies calculate and publish proprietary hospital patient safety scores based on publicly available quality measures initially reported by the U.S. federal government. This study examines whether patient safety culture perceptions of U.S. hospital staff in a large national survey are related to publicly reported patient safety ratings of hospitals. ...