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Leadership and patient safety culture: perceptions of professionals in a university hospital
Liderança e cultura de segurança do paciente: percepções de profissionais em um hospital universitário
Liderazgo y cultura de seguridad del paciente: percepciones de profesionales en un hospital universitario
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Abstract Objective: Analyze the perceptions of health professionals as for patient safety culture in its interface with leadership. Method: Descriptive and exploratory research, with a quantitative approach. It was conducted between April and June 2014 in three units of a university hospital in Paraná, Brazi... view more
Objective: Analyze the perceptions of health professionals as for patient safety culture in its interface with leadership. Method: Descriptive and exploratory research, with a quantitative approach. It was conducted between April and June 2014 in three units of a university hospital in Paraná, Brazil. The sample consisted of 76 professionals from the multidisciplinary team, who filled the questionnaire "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture". The analysis was conducted through descriptive statistics related to the dimensions addressing safety culture mediated by hospital leadership in the instrument mentioned above. Results: Most participants showed a perception of safety culture favorable to their immediate leadership and unfavorable to executive hospital management. Conclusion: It is concluded that investment is needed to promote the safety culture among the executive management in the institution under analysis.... view less
Keywords
hospital; security; patient; leadership; organizational culture; health; management; Brazil; Latin America; South America
Classification
Medical Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 4387-4398
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8 (2016) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i2.4387-4398
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed