PATIENT SAFETY; HOSPITAL RISK...PATIENT EDUCATION but... half say nursing/clinical staff are most...

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...but half agree “Patient safety is defined differently by different people across my hospital”... ...and a third agree that “My hospital needs to undergo major changes in order to have a true culture of patient safety.” 96% of C-Suite and Risk Managers agree that “My hospital has a culture of patient safety”... yet... Financial pressures derive from various sources, including added staff and new safety guidelines. Healthcare technology may hurt more than help, focusing clinicians on the screen before bedside. The inability to define the metrics that matter has created transparency for the sake of transparency. hospital leaders say maximizing financial sustainability is the biggest threat to their hospitals this year. While everyone is responsible for patient safety, the burden largely falls on the nurse. Patient safety is a core focus of hospital leaders – but does a culture of safety truly exist in today’s hospitals? Reporting driven by transparency may not be valuable to those who need it most: patients. ...and yet they spend only 1/3 of their time on this priority. agree... 6 in 10 7 in 10 1 in 4 AIG asked Hospital C-Suite Executives and Risk Managers for their views on patient safety and hospital risks. Here are the results. PATIENT SAFETY; HOSPITAL RISK TECHNOLOGY FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OWNERSHIP 83% 89% C-Suite R.M. TECHNOLOGY METRICS CULTURE PATIENT EDUCATION but... half say nursing/clinical staff are most responsible for patient safety. 98% of both C-Suite & R.M. agree “Every staff member in my hospital is responsible for patient safety”... “The public does not understand how to interpret publicly reported patient safety metrics.” agree with the statement, “At my hospital, we are focused on driving publicly reported metrics rather than truly impacting patient safety” 59% of C.S. & 53% of R.M. agree “Technology takes clinical staff away from patient care” Although, 9 in 10 hospital leaders agree “An emphasis on safety has to come from top leadership for it to be truly effective.” Two thirds of hospital leaders say, “Maximizing patient safety” is their #1 priority... 84% C-Suite & 88% R.M. agree “My hospital effectively uses technology to improve patient safety outcomes”... hospital leaders agree “There is widespread frustration in our society with a lack of transparency in healthcare.” TECHNOLOGY PATIENT SAFETY

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...but half agree

“Patient safety is defined differently by different people across my hospital”...

...and a third agree that “My hospital needs to undergo major changes in order to have a true culture of patient safety.”

96% of C-Suite and Risk Managers agree that“My hospital has a culture of patient safety”...

yet...

Financial pressures derive from various sources, including added staff and new safety guidelines.

Healthcare technology may hurt more than help, focusing clinicians on the screen before bedside.

The inability to define the metrics that matter has created transparency for the sake of transparency.

hospital leaders say maximizing financial sustainability is the biggest threat to their hospitals this year.

While everyone is responsible for patient safety, the burden largely falls on the nurse.

Patient safety is a core focus of hospital leaders – but does a culture of safety truly exist in today’s hospitals?

Reporting driven by transparency may not be valuable to those who need it most: patients.

...and yet they spend only

1/3 of their time on this priority.

agree...

6 in 10

7 in 10

1 in 4

AIG asked Hospital C-Suite Executives and Risk Managers for theirviews on patient safety and hospital risks. Here are the results.

PATIENT SAFETY; HOSPITAL RISK

TECHNOLOGY

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OWNERSHIP

83% 89%C-Suite R.M.

TECHNOLOGY

METRICS

CULTURE

PATIENT EDUCATION

but... half saynursing/clinical staff aremost responsible for patient safety.

98% of both C-Suite & R.M. agree“Every staff member in my hospital is responsible for patient safety”...

“The public does not understand how to interpret publicly reported patient safety metrics.”

agree with the statement, “At my hospital, we are focused on driving publicly reported metrics rather than truly impacting patient safety”

59% of C.S. & 53% of R.M. agree

“Technology takes clinical staff away from patient care”

Although, 9 in 10 hospital leaders agree

“An emphasis on safety has to come from top leadership for it to be truly effective.”

Two thirds of hospital leaders say, “Maximizing patient safety” is their #1 priority...

84% C-Suite & 88% R.M. agree “My hospital effectively uses technology to improve patient safety outcomes”...

hospital leaders agree “There is widespread frustration in our society with a lack of transparency in healthcare.”

TECHNOLOGY

PATIENTSAFETY