Can hospital systems that include ambulatory/outpatient facilities also use this survey?
Yes. Ambulatory facilities that are adjacent to or part of a hospital can use the “Facility version” of the survey, which is downloadable at http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/hospculture/. In this version, the term “hospital” is replaced with the term “facility” throughout the survey (along with accompanying word context changes), but the items are the same. A version of the patient safety culture survey for use in outpatient medical offices is currently under development. This new version will measure some of the same areas as the hospital survey, but it is likely that the survey items will be different to make them more tailored to the outpatient medical office setting.
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