Now Available: AHRQ 2019 SOPS Nursing Home Database Report

Now Available: AHRQ 2019 SOPS Nursing Home Database Report

Now Available: AHRQ 2019 SOPS Nursing Home Database Report

AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Nursing Home Survey: 2019 Database Report is now available. Some of the report findings include:

• The Feedback and Communication About Incidents composite had the highest average percent positive scores, in which 85 percent of respondents reported that staff discuss ways to keep residents safety and incidents from happening again.
  
• The Staffing composite had the lowest average percent positive scores, in which 46 percent of respondents indicated that there are enough staff to handle the workload and meet residents’ needs during shift changes.

Results include data submitted from 10,499 healthcare providers and other staff in 191 U.S. nursing homes participating in the SOPS Nursing Home database. Forty-three items assessing 12 composite measures of patient safety culture are included.

For more information, please email DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com or call the helpline at 1-888-324-9790.