The virgin land of quality management:a first measure of patient safety climate at the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands
PURPOSE: The Faroe Islands are formally part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but the islands enjoy extensive autonomy as home ruled. In Denmark, extensive quality management initiatives have been implemented throughout hospitals, this was not the case in the Faroese Islands in 2013. The purpose of this s...
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ftalborgunivpubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/582e31db-3840-453f-adfa-ba12b1497a52 2024-09-15T18:05:35+00:00 The virgin land of quality management:a first measure of patient safety climate at the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands Kristensen, Solvejg Túgvustein, Naina Zachariassen, Hjørdis Sabroe, Svend Bartels, Paul Mainz, Jan 2016 https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/582e31db-3840-453f-adfa-ba12b1497a52 https://doi.org/10.2147/DHPS.S100575 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853140/pdf/dhps-8-049.pdf eng eng https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/582e31db-3840-453f-adfa-ba12b1497a52 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Kristensen , S , Túgvustein , N , Zachariassen , H , Sabroe , S , Bartels , P & Mainz , J 2016 , ' The virgin land of quality management : a first measure of patient safety climate at the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands ' , Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety , vol. 8 , pp. 49-57 . https://doi.org/10.2147/DHPS.S100575 article 2016 ftalborgunivpubl https://doi.org/10.2147/DHPS.S100575 2024-07-10T12:50:06Z PURPOSE: The Faroe Islands are formally part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but the islands enjoy extensive autonomy as home ruled. In Denmark, extensive quality management initiatives have been implemented throughout hospitals, this was not the case in the Faroese Islands in 2013. The purpose of this study is to investigate the patient safety culture in the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands prior to implementation of quality management initiatives. METHODS: The Danish version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ-DK) was distributed electronically to 557 staff members from five medical centers of the hospital, and one administrative unit. SAQ-DK has six cultural dimensions. The proportion of respondents with positive attitudes and mean scale scores were described, and comparison between medical specialties, and between clinical leaders and frontline staff was made using analysis of variance and chi-square test, respectively. RESULTS: The response rate was 65.8% (N=367). Job satisfaction was rated most favorable, and the perceived culture of the top management least favorable. Safety climate was the dimension with the greatest variability across the 28 units. The diagnostic center had the most favorable culture of all centers. More leaders than frontline staff had positive attitudes toward teamwork and safety climate, and working conditions, respectively. Also, the leaders perceived these dimensions more positive than the frontline staff, P<0.05. Among three management levels, the unit management was perceived most favorable and the top management least favorable. CONCLUSION: The management group is recommended to raise awareness of their role in supporting a safe and caring environment for patients and staff, moreover the leaders should ensure that every day work achieves its objectives; keeping the patients safe. Furthermore, following the development in patient safety culture over time is recommended. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Aalborg University's Research Portal Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety 49 |
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PURPOSE: The Faroe Islands are formally part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but the islands enjoy extensive autonomy as home ruled. In Denmark, extensive quality management initiatives have been implemented throughout hospitals, this was not the case in the Faroese Islands in 2013. The purpose of this study is to investigate the patient safety culture in the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands prior to implementation of quality management initiatives. METHODS: The Danish version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ-DK) was distributed electronically to 557 staff members from five medical centers of the hospital, and one administrative unit. SAQ-DK has six cultural dimensions. The proportion of respondents with positive attitudes and mean scale scores were described, and comparison between medical specialties, and between clinical leaders and frontline staff was made using analysis of variance and chi-square test, respectively. RESULTS: The response rate was 65.8% (N=367). Job satisfaction was rated most favorable, and the perceived culture of the top management least favorable. Safety climate was the dimension with the greatest variability across the 28 units. The diagnostic center had the most favorable culture of all centers. More leaders than frontline staff had positive attitudes toward teamwork and safety climate, and working conditions, respectively. Also, the leaders perceived these dimensions more positive than the frontline staff, P<0.05. Among three management levels, the unit management was perceived most favorable and the top management least favorable. CONCLUSION: The management group is recommended to raise awareness of their role in supporting a safe and caring environment for patients and staff, moreover the leaders should ensure that every day work achieves its objectives; keeping the patients safe. Furthermore, following the development in patient safety culture over time is recommended. |
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Kristensen , S , Túgvustein , N , Zachariassen , H , Sabroe , S , Bartels , P & Mainz , J 2016 , ' The virgin land of quality management : a first measure of patient safety climate at the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands ' , Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety , vol. 8 , pp. 49-57 . https://doi.org/10.2147/DHPS.S100575 |
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