4 Recent Stories on Creating a Culture of Safety

The following stories recently published by Becker’s Hospital Review focus on how hospitals and health systems can create and maintain a culture of safety.

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1. 7 Ways Executives Can Improve Patient Safety
Greg Goyne, vice president of marketing at IntelliCentrics, shares seven ways hospital and health system leaders can promote a culture of safety.

2. 7 Tips on Choosing, Implementing Concern Statements
Only when team members feel comfortable cross-checking colleagues for patient safety does a true culture of safety exist. These are seven suggestions from LifeWings for hospitals to choose a concern statement for workers to use in this regard.

3. Saint Francis Hospital’s Patient Safety Transformation
Hartford, Conn.-based Saint Francis Hospital went on a journey to create a culture of safety. As a result, the hospital has not had a central line-associated blood stream infection in more than a year.

4. How to Use Culture of Safety Surveys
A whitepaper from The Greeley Company breaks down how hospital leaders can use surveys to measure the culture of safety in their facility.

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