VA hospitals flooded with complaints about care. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

VA hospitals flooded with complaints about care. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published September 2017

VA hospitals flooded with complaints about care.

Estes A. Boston Globe. September 16, 2017.

Psychological safety can empower staff to communicate concerns that affect patient safety. This newspaper article reports on Veterans Affairs staff concerns about safety hazards, consequences whistle-blowers have faced after speaking up about problems, and efforts to protect whistle-blowers and improve the safety of the system.

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