Exploring patient safety in Swedish specialised home healthcare: an interview study with multidisciplinary teams and clinical managers.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Home healthcare is the fastest growing arena in the healthcare system but patient safety research in this context is limited. The aim was to explore how patient safety in Swedish specialised home healthcare is described and adressed from multidisciplinary teams' and clinical managers' perspectives. DESIGN:An explorative qualitative study. SETTING:Multidisciplinary teams and clinical managers were recruited from three specialised home healthcare organisations in Sweden. METHODS:Nine focus group interviews with multidisciplinary teams and six individual interviews with clinical managers were conducted, in total 51 participants. The data were transcribed verbatim and analysed using qualitative content analysis. RESULTS:Patient safety was inherent in the well-established care ideolog

SUBMITTER: Lindblad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303654 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature