Training a patient safety work force: the patient safety improvement corps.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluate short-term effects of the Patient Safety Improvement Corps (PSIC), an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–sponsored program to train state teams in patient safety skills/tools, to assess its contribution to building a national infrastructure supporting effective patient safety practices.

Data source

Self-reported information gathered from (1) group interviews at the end of each year; (2) individual telephone interviews 1 year later; (3) faxed information forms 2 years later.

Study design

Program evaluation of immediate and short-term process and impact (use of skills/tools, information sharing, changes in practice).

Data collection

Semistructured interviews; faxed forms.

Principal findings

One year after training, approximately

SUBMITTER: Teleki SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2677036 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature