Patient Safety Culture in Norwegian Home Health Care – a study protocol

Abstract

The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is a widely used instrument to measure safety attitudes among health care providers. The overall aim of this project is to provide research that contributes to developing better patient safety cultures in Norwegian home health care. First we will develop a tool for measuring patient safety culture in home health care services, by validating the Norwegian translation of the SAQ in the home health care setting. Second, we will study safety attitudes amongst health care employees in home health care-and whether patterns in attitudes are related to professional background, gender, age and workplace. Third, we will investigate the experienced quality of collaboration and communication between employees in home health care-and other parts of the health care services. Last, we will compare findings related to safety attitudes across services in primary health care (home health care, nursing homes, out-of-hours clinics and general practitioner (GP) practices). As part of the overall Safety Culture in Primary Care (SIP) project, this project will follow the same design as previous completed SIP studies in other services of primary care in Norway.

Contributing factors involved in the safety of elderly people with chronic illness in home healthcare: a qualitative study

“…According to the evidence, management,37 coordination,38 follow-up,39 supervision,40 training,41 recruiting and assembling an efficient team42 and formulating the rules and procedures43 to maintain and improve patient safety are among the main principles of home healthcare centres. Considering the above, these centres should try to drive their organisational culture towards patient safety 44…”

“…Considering the above, these centres should try to drive their organisational culture towards patient safety. 44 …”

“…Considering the above, these centres should try to drive their organisational culture towards patient safety. 44 The role of the patient both as a healthcare recipient and a member involved in patient safety is of great importance. The present study found that the patients' participation in care and their cooperation with the home healthcare team had a determining role in their own safety.…”