Voluntary Hospital Coalitions to Promote Patient Safety
Abstract
Translating research or care innovation into broader clinical practice requires more than simply the publication of new findings. Understanding both the perspectives of the target providers and the environmental factors that can facilitate or impede adoption is key to getting "buy in " and achieving eventual implementation. This paper describes a unique patient safety initiative developed by the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA), working closely with State regulatory agencies and health care professional groups. Building upon existing relationships, GHA and its collaborators formed the Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA) as a comprehensive, voluntary patient safety program. With a focus on systemic prevention strategies, PHA fulfills both dissemination and implementation roles in translating research into practice. The program, which involves adult acute care hospitals across the State, has shown that engaging health care organizations in an iterative change process, while focusing on an ultimate goal, can yield promising results. Included here is a description of challenges encountered in the change process, and preliminary evidence of success.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA434324
Entities
People
- Dorothy V. Naylor
- Kimberly J. Rask
- Linda Schuessler
Organizations
- United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality