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<sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>Evaluating a staff's perception of safety culture is a critical factor in hospital management, and the knowledge of value and efficiency in hospitals is still inadequate. This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of safety culture among medical staffs and determine priorities for clear and better management.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional survey of 595 medical staff members was conducted at 2 tertiary hospitals in Western China using a hospital survey on patient safety culture (HSOPSC) and its value and efficiency in the hospital.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Results</h3><p>The dimensions with a disadvantaged positive response were nonpunitive response to error (44.6%) and staffing (42.0%). Five dimensions can explain 37.7% of the variation in the overall perception of patient safety, and handoffs and transitions are the most important dimensions (standardized coefficients 0.295).</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Hospital managers should pay more attention to nonpunitive management and staffing. Handoffs and transitions are the most important areas of potential improvement in patient safety in hospitals.</p></sec>
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ObjectiveEvaluating a staff's perception of safety culture is a critical factor in hospital management, and the knowledge of value and efficiency in hospitals is still inadequate. This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of safety culture among medical staffs and determine priorities for clear and better management.
MethodsA cross-sectional survey of 595 medical staff members was conducted at 2 tertiary hospitals in Western China using a hospital survey on patient safety culture (HSOPSC) and its value and efficiency in the hospital.
ResultsThe dimensions with a disadvantaged positive response were nonpunitive response to error (44.6%) and staffing (42.0%). Five dimensions can explain 37.7% of the variation in the overall perception of patient safety, and handoffs and transitions are the most important dimensions (standardized coefficients 0.295).
ConclusionsHospital managers should pay more attention to nonpunitive management and staffing. Handoffs and transitions are the most important areas of potential improvement in patient safety in hospitals.

Hospital management priorities and key factors affecting overall perception of patient safety: a cross-sectional study

ICU, People's Hospital of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Maerkang, Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Ngawa

Operating Room, People's Hospital of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Maerkang, Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Ngawa

Department of Respiratory and Endocrinology, People's Hospital of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Maerkang, Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Ngawa

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveEvaluating a staff's perception of safety culture is a critical factor in hospital management, and the knowledge of value and efficiency in hospitals...

Hospital management priorities and key factors affecting overall perception of patient safety: a cross-sectional study

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 03, 2022

Page range: 209 - 214

Received: Jul 22, 2021

Accepted: Sep 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0028

Keywords
efficiency, human resource management, patient handoff, patient safety culture value

© 2022 Na-Me De Ji et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Hospital management priorities and key factors affecting overall perception of patient safety: a cross-sectional study

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 03, 2022

Page range: 209 - 214

Received: Jul 22, 2021

Accepted: Sep 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0028

Keywordsefficiency, human resource management, patient handoff, patient safety culture value

© 2022 Na-Me De Ji et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
efficiency, human resource management, patient handoff, patient safety culture value