April 11, 2018
ECRI Institute announces new Culture of Safety Assessment for Health IT Companies
Editor's Note
The ECRI Institute and the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety (ie, a multistakeholder collaborative convened and operated by the ECRI Institute) announced April 10 the new INsight® Culture of Safety Assessment for Health IT Companies.
The new program allows health IT developers to assess safety culture with a tool specifically tailored to their organizations. A confidential survey questionnaire facilitates development and implementation of safety-focused action plans gleaned from team members responses.
The Partnership is encouraging health IT companies to use the survey to focus on a three-part safety vision:
- safe design and development
- safe use
- safe implementation of health IT.
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