Understanding Patient Safety Culture in Ambulatory Surgery Centers: AHRQ’s 2025 SOPS Report Highlights Provider and Staff Perspectives

SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Database https://www.ahrq.gov/sops/databases/asc/index.html Understanding Patient Safety Culture in Ambulatory Surgery Centers: AHRQ’s 2025 SOPS Report Highlights Provider and Staff Perspectives Patient safety culture survey results from 7,845 providers and staff in 292 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are now available in AHRQ’s 2025 Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey Database Report. The findings generally reflect strong positive results for safety culture in ASCs, with staffing identified as a key area for potential improvement. Strengths include the overall composite score (85% positive average) and organizational learning and continuous improvement (91% positive average). In contrast, questions about staffing, work pressure, and pace yielded a much lower score (72% positive average), indicating that these tended to be areas for improvement. https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/2025-ambulatory-surgery-center-database-report-summary.pdf For more information, please email DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com or call the helpline at 1-888-324-9790.