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Title: | Perceived Roles of Bhutanese Health Care Professionals in Improving Patient Safety: A Qualitative Exploratory Descriptive Study. | Authors: | Pelzang R.;Hutchinson A.M. | Monash Health Department(s): | Deakin University - Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Monash Health partnership | Institution: | (Dr Hutchinson) Deakin Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia (Pelzang) Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Drs Pelzang and Hutchinson); Southern Cross Care, Taroom, Queensland, Australia (Dr Pelzang) |
Issue Date: | 24-Sep-2021 | Copyright year: | 2020 | Publisher: | NLM (Medline) | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | Quality management in health care. 29(3) (pp 142-149), 2020. Date of Publication: 01 Jul 2020. | Journal: | Quality Management in Health Care | Abstract: | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patient safety is a vital component of high quality health care and all health care professionals have a responsibility for ensuring the delivery of safe care to patients. However, little is known about how Bhutanese health care professionals perceive their roles in improving patient safety. This study aimed to explore how Bhutanese health care professionals, educators, managers, and policy makers perceived their roles in improving patient safety. METHOD(S): Undertaken as a naturalistic inquiry using a qualitative exploratory descriptive research approach, a criterion-based stratified purposive sample of 94 health care professionals and managers from the Ministry of Health, a training institute, and 3 levels of hospitals were interviewed. All interview data were analyzed using content and thematic analysis strategies. RESULT(S): Data analysis identified 4 broad themes. Health care professionals' perceived role in safety and quality included formulating and implementing patient safety rules; management and administration of units and hospitals; patient assessment and management; and setting professional norms (including norms about peer influence and patient care/interaction). CONCLUSION(S): The findings revealed that Bhutanese health care professionals were aware of their roles in improving patient safety processes and practices, and providing interprofessional education or training to all levels of health care professionals could help improve communication and patient safety in the Bhutanese health care system. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QMH.0000000000000254 | PubMed URL: | 32590489 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=32590489] | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/46305 | Type: | Article | Subjects: | health care personnel health care quality health personnel attitude patient safety professional standard psychology total quality management |
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Qualitative study |
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