Strengthening leadership as a catalyst for enhanced patient safety culture: a repeated cross-sectional experimental study. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Strengthening leadership as a catalyst for enhanced patient safety culture: a repeated cross-sectional experimental study. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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Strengthening leadership as a catalyst for enhanced patient safety culture: a repeated cross-sectional experimental study.

Kristensen S, Christensen KB, Jaquet A, et al. BMJ Open. 2016;6:e010180.

A leadership training intervention targeting clinical managers at a Danish psychiatric hospital was associated with a significant improvement in staff perceptions of safety culture. A Patient Safety Primer discusses the role of organizational leadership in promoting patient safety.

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