Objective To assess patient safety culture in directors/managers. Methods Cross-sectional descriptive study carried out from February to June 2011 among the executive/managing staff of the Aragón Health Service through semi-structured interviews. Results A total of 12 interviews were carried out. All the respondents admitted that there were many patient safety problems and agreed that patient safety was a priority from a theoretical rather than practical perspective. The excessive changes in executive positions was considered to be an important barrier which made it difficult to establish long-term strategies and achieve medium-term continuity. Conclusions This study recorded perceptions on patient safety culture in directors, an essential factor to improve patient safety culture in this group and in the organisations they run.
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Giménez-Júlvez, T., Hernández-García, I., Aibar-Remón, C., Gutiérrez-Cía, I., & Febrel-Bordejé, M. (2017). Cultura de la seguridad del paciente en directivos y gestores de un servicio de salud. Gaceta Sanitaria, 31(5), 423–426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.01.009
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