A closer look at associations between hospital leadership walkrounds and patient safety climate and risk reduction: a cross-sectional study.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Leadership walkrounds (WRs) are widely used in health care organizations to improve patient safety. This retrospective, cross-sectional study evaluated the association between WRs and caregiver assessments of patient safety climate and patient safety risk reduction across 49 hospitals in a nonprofit health care system. Linear regression analyses using units' participation in WRs were conducted. Survey results from 706 hospital units revealed that units with ≥ 60% of caregivers reporting exposure to at least 1 WR had a significantly higher safety climate, greater patient safety risk reduction, and a higher proportion of feedback on actions taken as a result of WRs compared with those units with <60% of caregivers reporting exposure to WRs. WR participation at the unit level reflects a frequency effect as a function of units with none/low, medium, and high leadership WR exposure.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Schwendimann, R; Milne, J; Frush, K; Ausserhofer, D; Frankel, A; Sexton, JB
Published Date
- September 2013
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 28 / 5
Start / End Page
- 414 - 421
PubMed ID
- 23354869
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1555-824X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1177/1062860612473635
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Netherlands