2012 User Comparative Database Report

Table D-5. Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Staff Position

Patient Safety Culture Composites		Database Year	Staff Position
Patient Safety Culture Composites		Database Year	Admin/ Mgmt	Attending/ Physician/ Resident/ PA or NP	Dietitian	Pat. Care Asst/ Aide/ Care Partner	Pharm- acist	RN/ LVN/ LPN	Tech (EKG, Lab, Radiol)	Therapist (Respir, Phys, Occup, Speech)	Unit Asst/ Clerk/ Secretary
# Hospitals		Both Years	539	259	82	430	239	637	504	447	504
# Respondents		Most Recent	26,025	17,836	942	16,746	4,525	116,413	33,120	14,089	20,964
# Respondents		Previous	23,291	17,287	972	16,268	3,727	102,902	27,402	12,509	16,846
1.	Teamwork Within Units	Most Recent	89%	84%	83%	74%	78%	81%	77%	85%	78%
		Previous	88%	81%	84%	72%	77%	80%	76%	84%	77%
		Change	1%	3%	-1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
2.	Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	Most Recent	86%	73%	79%	74%	75%	74%	74%	78%	77%
		Previous	86%	71%	78%	73%	74%	73%	74%	78%	76%
		Change	0%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%
3.	Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	Most Recent	84%	72%	73%	75%	75%	73%	72%	73%	72%
		Previous	83%	71%	73%	73%	73%	72%	71%	71%	72%
		Change	1%	1%	0%	2%	2%	1%	1%	2%	0%
4.	Management Support for Patient Safety	Most Recent	86%	71%	78%	74%	67%	67%	73%	74%	77%
		Previous	84%	70%	77%	72%	67%	67%	72%	72%	75%
		Change	2%	1%	1%	2%	0%	0%	1%	2%	2%
5.	Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	Most Recent	76%	66%	69%	64%	60%	62%	72%	72%	68%
		Previous	74%	65%	65%	63%	58%	61%	70%	70%	67%
		Change	2%	1%	4%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%
6.	Feedback & Communication About Error	Most Recent	79%	60%	67%	69%	64%	61%	64%	67%	69%
		Previous	77%	60%	66%	66%	62%	60%	63%	66%	67%
		Change	2%	0%	1%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%
7.	Frequency of Events Reported	Most Recent	71%	55%	56%	68%	52%	64%	64%	60%	69%
		Previous	70%	55%	58%	67%	50%	63%	63%	57%	66%
		Change	1%	0%	-2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	3%	3%
8.	Communication Openness	Most Recent	77%	65%	65%	58%	64%	61%	60%	67%	60%
		Previous	76%	63%	63%	57%	64%	60%	59%	67%	61%
		Change	1%	2%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	-1%
9.	Teamwork Across Units	Most Recent	68%	60%	62%	60%	52%	57%	56%	62%	59%
		Previous	65%	58%	62%	57%	51%	56%	54%	61%	58%
		Change	3%	2%	0%	3%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%
10.	Staffing	Most Recent	64%	54%	57%	50%	55%	59%	59%	62%	55%
		Previous	64%	54%	51%	49%	54%	57%	57%	60%	54%
		Change	0%	0%	6%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%
11.	Handoffs & Transitions	Most Recent	48%	43%	38%	50%	28%	48%	41%	42%	46%
		Previous	47%	42%	35%	47%	27%	47%	39%	41%	45%
		Change	1%	1%	3%	3%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%
12.	Nonpunitive Response to Error	Most Recent	63%	41%	46%	36%	52%	44%	41%	51%	40%
		Previous	61%	40%	49%	35%	52%	44%	40%	51%	40%
		Change	2%	1%	-3%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%

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