Introduction: Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has become vital components of well-functioning healthcare organizations and building collaborative work among health care professionals (HCPs) has shown an improvement in patient care and safety outcomes. Nurses have been described as the bridge between HCPs for patient safety by building interactive relationships, through the process of effective communication and understanding. The general aim of this study is to assess nurses’ perceptions regarding effective communication for interprofessional collaboration, and how it affects patient safety culture (PSC) in hospitals Maldives. Methodology: A cross sectional institutions-based study was conducted among nurses working in different departments of two hospitals in Central Male ‘area, in Maldives. A Simple random sampling technique was used with 292 participants. Results: 292 questionnaires (84.3%) out of 363 were turned in. The findings from the multiple regression shows that the resultant values were statistically significant for the dimensions: Communication and Interprofessional Collaboration, R2 = 0.039, F (2, 303) = 6.108, (p < 0.015) for Patient Safety Culture.
Purpose This paper is based on a study done to investigate patient safety in two of the largest hospitals in the Maldives, and part of that study was on challenges faced by nurses in using electronic health records (EHRs) to enhance patient safety. Patient safety is a vital component of an established patient safety culture (PSC). Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted among nurses who also work as patient safety champions/link nurses from hospitals in Central Malé area, in the Maldives, by using focus group discussions. A purposive sampling technique was adopted, and five nurses from each hospital participated in the discussion. Findings Key findings included poor usability of EHRs; importance of training to use EHRs; and importance of information sharing. Research limitations/implications The implications for positive social change include establishing an EHR, which has the capacity to collaborate with the National Health Information Network while providing access to every patient in the Maldives. Practical implications EHR systems can help in collaboration among health-care professionals resulting in better patient outcomes which can contribute to establishing a PSC. Most of the patient documentation is done as paperwork in this clinical area; EHRs can contribute to minimizing paperwork and contributing quality time for better patient care. Establishing an EHR which has the capacity to collaborate with the national health information network while providing access to every patient in the Maldives. Social implications Establishing an EHR which has the capacity to collaborate with the national health information network while providing access to every patient in the Maldives. Originality/value Nurses are the bridge between patients and clinicians during patient care and therefore require as much information as possible to improve patient outcomes. While the EHRs in these two hospitals were electronic patient records (EPRs) developed by staff within the hospitals for their own use, the findings from such a bottom-up approach to develop and use EPRs can be relevant, to ensure patient safety targets of EHRs are met.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.