Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

College/School/Department

Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior

Content Description

1 online resource (viii, 109 pages) : color illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Wendy Weller

Committee Members

Benjamen Shaw, Feng Qian, Raymond Sweeney, Barry Sherman

Keywords

Hospitals, Accidents, Medical personnel, Accident Prevention

Subject Categories

Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Policy

Abstract

Background: There is widespread acknowledgement that patients often suffer from adverse events that occur in the provision of medical care (Leape et al., 1991; Kohn et al., 2000). A notable percentage of these events stem from poor practices and unreliable hospital safety systems (Leape et al., 1991; Kohn et al., 2000; Chassin, 2013). Although the literature has been mixed regarding the association between perception of safety culture in hospitals and rates of adverse events, policy makers and healthcare thought-leaders have called on hospital leadership to improve safety culture as one strategy for decreasing harm to patients.

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