The impact of patient safety culture on handover in rural health facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective handover is crucial for patient safety. Rural health care organisations have particular challenges in relation to handover of information, placing them at higher risk of adverse events. Few studies have examined the relationship between handover and patient safety in rural contexts, particularly in Australia. This study aimed to explore the effect of handover on overall perceptions of patient safety and the effect of other patient safety dimensions on handover in a rural Australian setting.

Methods

A cross-sectional online survey using The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture was implemented across six rural Local Health Districts in NSW, Australia and resulted in 1587 respondents. Hierarchical multiple lin

SUBMITTER: Piper D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6257960 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature