Improving Patient Safety: The Intersection of Safety Culture, Clinician and Staff Support, and Patient Safety Organizations. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Improving Patient Safety: The Intersection of Safety Culture, Clinician and Staff Support, and Patient Safety Organizations. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published September 2015

Improving Patient Safety: The Intersection of Safety Culture, Clinician and Staff Support, and Patient Safety Organizations.

Miller RG, Scott SD, Hirschinger LE. Jefferson City, MO: Center for Patient Safety; September 2015.

Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) are structured to protect confidentiality of incident reporting data to enable its use for organizational learning and improvement. This white paper discusses how a second victim intervention program participating with a PSO can providesupport for clinicians involved in adverse events.

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