SOPS® Fact: Supplemental items can be added to the SOPS surveys

SOPS^® Fact: Supplemental items can be added to the SOPS surveys

Did you know the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS^®) program offers supplemental items that can be added toward the end of the SOPS Hospital and Medical Office surveys? Did you know that data from these supplemental items can be submitted to the relevant SOPS Hospital or Medical Office Database?

• The Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items help Hospitals and Medical Offices assess the extent to which their organizations place a priority on and adopt practices to promote efficiency, waste reduction, patient centeredness, and high-quality care at a reasonable cost.
• The Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals assess the extent to which the hospital culture is sensitive to how the use of health information technology affects patient safety.

Watch SOPS webcasts on these supplemental item sets:

Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items		Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items

If you have any questions about the SOPS supplemental items, please email SafetyCultureSurveys@westat.com or call 1-888-324-9749.