Webcast: New AHRQ SOPS Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items

July 25, 2018

This is an image of a key takeaways infographics which highlights what is the new Health IT patient safety supplemental item set, what was learned from the pilot test, and how users can participate and submit their data.

3 Key Takeaways from the July 2018 AHRQ Webcast: New SOPS™ Health Information Technology (Health IT) Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals (PDF, 161 KB)

Summary

On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, AHRQ hosted a webcast featuring the new Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Health Information Technology (IT) Patient Safety Supplemental Items.

Hospitals can use the survey items as a supplement to the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture to assess how organizational culture influences health IT and patient safety.

The webcast discussed the importance of health IT in patient safety, provided an overview of the development of the items, and provided results from an initial pilot.

Speakers and Presentation Slides

Joann Sorra, Ph.D.
Project Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
Introduction Presentation Slides (PDF, 275.8 KB)
Closing Presentation Slides(PDF, 196 KB)

Jeff Brady, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Rear Admiral, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service
Overview of AHRQ's Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (PDF, 247 KB)

Tejal Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., CPPS
Chief Clinical and Safety Officer
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Optimizing the Use of HIT to Improve Safety (PDF, 1.18 MB)

Naomi Yount, Ph.D.
Senior Study Director
User Network for the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS)
Westat
Introducing the AHRQ SOPS Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items (PDF, 970.64 KB)

Recording

SOPS Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals: Webcast July 25, 2018 (50 minutes).

Transcript

Read the transcript of the webcast (PDF, 242.6 KB)

Related Material

Page last reviewed December 2018
Page originally created October 2018

Internet Citation: Webcast: New AHRQ SOPS Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items. Content last reviewed December 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/health-it.html