SOPS Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey

The SOPS™ Health Information Technology (Health IT) Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey are designed to be used in conjunction with the core Hospital SOPS. The item set can help hospitals assess the extent to which their culture is sensitive to how the use of health IT affects patient safety from the perspectives of providers and other staff working in their hospital. The supplemental items may be added to the Hospital Survey to assess content in areas not included in the core questionnaire.

Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey- English (PDF, 355 KB; MS Word, 64KB)
Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey- Spanish (PDF, 707 KB; MS Word, 77 KB)

Topics Covered by the Health IT Patient Safety Item Set

The Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items address the following topic areas:

EHR System Training
EHR System Support and Communication
EHR Patient Safety and Quality Issues
EHR and Workflow/Work Process
Overall EHR System Rating

Pilot Study Results

The Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items were administered to providers and staff in 44 hospitals in 2017. Pilot study results are available for just over 9,000 hospital respondents who completed the supplemental items.

Pilot Study Results from the 2017 AHRQ SOPS™ Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set for Hospitals (PDF, 996KB)

Resource List

Improving Health Information Technology Patient Safety: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Health Information Technology Item Set (PDF, 1.53 MB)

This document contains links to practical resources to improve patient safety as it relates to the use of Health IT in hospitals.

Data Entry and Analysis Tool

This tool uses Microsoft® Excel® to assist with entering survey data. The tool then creates tables and graphs to display survey results. To request the tool, send an email to: DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com.

Technical Assistance

SafetyCultureSurveys@westat.com, 1-888-324-9749.
DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com, 1-888-324-9790.

Page last reviewed March 2018
Page originally created March 2018

Internet Citation: SOPS Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey. Content last reviewed March 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/supplementalitems/hospital_hit.html