Summary Of Leadership And Patient Safety Culture

In the article “Leadership and patient safety culture” by Kawamoto, the primary interest in health care and in that there is great concern for medications errors, medical errors and error in reporting these facts and findings. Patient safety goes hand in hand with high quality care and patient satisfaction. As a health care provider one must want to view their practice as safe and providing the highest quality of care. What is considering high quality care in any heath care setting? Do we have the tools and resources needed to provide the best possible care to patients?
Furthermore patient safety culture is a trending topic for leadership and is often understood as the driving force for best practice. Leaders, most often are well equipped to established methods to improve patient care and other services to meet patients and their family’s needs. Many leaders are recognizing the importance of practicing safe and quality care in their organization. Leaders should acknowledge the high risk natures of their organizations procedures and determine to achieve safe practices.
As leaders can you established zero tolerance for patient safety. Can you distinguish between human error, at-risk behavior and shortcuts, can we provide a no blame approach. Leadership should be actively engaged in improving patient safety by, performance improvement teams and best practices guidelines. Patient safety culture is a universal problem for many hospitals and the perception of safety culture can exist in any organization that provides service to the community. Organizational leadership must be deeply involved and attentive to the front-line personnel practices and able to provide additional training and resources. Leadership must ramp up the focus on patient safety and quality improvement to ensure safety of their patients in their