SOPS Databases

AHRQ established the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS^®) Databases as central repositories for survey data from each of the SOPS surveys and SOPS supplemental items. Healthcare organizations that administer one of the AHRQ patient safety culture surveys can voluntarily submit their data to the appropriate database. In addition, organizations that administer any of the supplemental item sets with the companion SOPS survey can now also submit data to the appropriate database. 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

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

SOPS Planned Data Submission Schedule

AHRQ opens voluntary data submission for two SOPS Databases per year. Therefore, each SOPS Database is typically open for submission every 2 years. Organizations that administer the SOPS surveys can choose to submit their data to these databases.

SOPS Survey		2021	2022
	Ambulatory Surgery Center	June 1–21	-
	Medical Office Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Items Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items	Sept. 1–Oct. 20	-
	Hospital Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items Value and Efficiency Supplemental Items	-	June 1–20 (HSOPS 2.0 only)
	Nursing Home	-	Sept. 1–21

Note: There are no immediate plans to collect data on the Community Pharmacy Survey.

Technical Assistance

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