SOPS Databases

AHRQ established the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Databases as central repositories for survey data from each of the SOPS surveys. Healthcare organizations that administer one of the AHRQ patient safety culture surveys can voluntarily submit their data to the appropriate database. For the following SOPS surveys, you can access information about how to submit data to one of the SOPS Databases and view results from recent SOPS Database reports.

• SOPS Hospital Database
• SOPS Medical Office Database
• SOPS Nursing Home Database
• SOPS Community Pharmacy Database
• SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Database

SOPS Planned Data Submission Schedule

SOPS Survey		2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
	Ambulatory Surgery Center	-	June 3-July 22	-	June 1-21	-
	Medical Office	-	Sept. 3-Oct. 21	-	Sept. 1-Oct. 20	-
	Hospital	-	-	June 1-Jul 20	-	June 1-20
	Nursing Home	June 1-July 20	-	Sept. 1-21	-	Sept. 1 -21
	Community Pharmacy	Oct. 1-23	-	-	-	-

Note: The healthcare organizations that voluntarily submit data to any one of the SOPS Databases are not from a statistically representative sample. A limited number of organizations might choose to participate; therefore, the participating organizations are not nationally representative of all healthcare organizations (e.g., hospitals, medical offices, nursing homes) in the United States. A "Data Limitations" section is included in each database report, which describes the characteristics of the participating organizations and limitations of the representativeness of the data.

Why Submit Data to the AHRQ SOPS Databases? (1:10)

Technical Assistance

• DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com, 1-888-324-9790.