Hospital safety culture can influence certain surgical patient outcomes

Hospital safety culture can influence certain surgical patient outcomes according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Improving the safety culture within a hospital can represent a previously unrecognized approach that can be leveraged to strengthen surgical quality improvement efforts at the hospital level.
- Association Between Hospital Safety Culture and Surgical Outcomes in a Statewide Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative. Journal of the American College of Surgeons.