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A survey on organizational culture for patient safety was conducted among a total of 391 physicians, nurses, and health professionals working at four general hospitals in Seoul, using the Hospital Survey on Safety Culture instrument developed by AHRQ of the U.S. The results of the study showed that the patient safety awareness significantly differed by gender, age, career, average work hours, work units, contact with patients, and frequency of reported events. A good work climate and the immediate supervisor’s high level of patient safety awareness had positive influences on patient safety, and the hospital management’s low patient safety awareness had a negative influence thereon. To ensure patient safety in a hospital, the management’s leadership is required. In addition, the education of the medical professionals who come in direct contact with the patients should be reinforced, and a patient safety management system that is linked to the hospital information system should be developed.
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Boo, Y.K., Lee, H.S., Park, J.W., Ham, S.W. (2011). Identifying Organizational Culture for Patient Safety. In: Kim, Th., et al. Grid and Distributed Computing. GDC 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 261. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27180-9_33
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