Staff Participation in Conditions Reporting Program Improves Safety Culture

Implementing a conditions reporting system to document adverse events can improve perceptions of safety and may decrease incidents in multisite clinical practices, states an October 30, 2012, Newswise article. The article details the results of a study conducted by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. In the study, researchers implemented a conditions reporting system in the radiation oncology department that allowed for the continuous examination of any incidents or events reported by staff.