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Hospital Cultural Competency and Attributes of Patient Safety Culture: A Study of U.S. Hospitals.
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Journal of patient safety [J Patient Saf] 2022 Apr 01; Vol. 18 (3), pp. e680-e686. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: Given the increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the United States, hospitals face challenges in providing safe and high-quality care to minority patients. Cultural competency fostered through engagement in diversity programs can be used as a resourceful strategy to provide safe care and improve the patient safety culture. This article examined the association of cultural competency and employee's perceived attributes of safety culture.<br />Methods: A longitudinal study design was used with 283 unique hospital observations from 2014 to 2016. The dependent variables were percent composite scores for 4 attributes of perceived safety culture: (1) management support for patient safety, (2) teamwork across units, (3) communication openness, and (4) nonpunitive response to an error. The independent variable was an engagement in diversity programs, considered in 3 categories: (1) high, (2) medium, and (3) low. Controls included hospital characteristics, market characteristics, and percent. Ordinal logistic regression was used for imputation, whereas multiple linear regression was used for analyses.<br />Results: Results indicate that hospitals with high engagement have 4.64% higher perceptions of management support for safety, 3.17% higher perceptions of teamwork across units, and 3.97% higher perceptions of nonpunitive response, as compared with hospitals that have a low engagement in diversity programs (P < 0.05).<br />Conclusions: Culturally competent hospitals have better safety culture than their counterparts. Cultural competency is an important resource to build a safety culture so that safe care for patients from minority and diverse backgrounds can be delivered.<br />Competing Interests: The authors disclose no conflict of interest.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1549-8425
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of patient safety
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34569995
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000901