Promoting safety through well-being: an experience in healthcare. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Promoting safety through well-being: an experience in healthcare. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published August 2016

Promoting safety through well-being: an experience in healthcare.

Bruno A, Bracco F. Front Psychol. 2016;7:1208.

The work environment can affect safety. This commentary describes an initiative to increase commitment to workplace and patient safety through leadership encouragement of staff to share ideas and participate in improvement activities and open recognition and discussion of safety hazards.

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