Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set for Hospital SOPS
The SOPS® Health Information Technology (Health IT) Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set for hospitals was designed to be used in conjunction with the core SOPS Hospital Survey to help hospitals assess the extent to which their organization's culture is sensitive to how the use of health IT affects patient safety from the perspectives of providers and other staff working in their hospital. The 15 supplemental items may be added to the end of the Hospital Survey, just before the Background Questions.
Supplemental Item Set
- Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set for the Hospital Survey—English (Word, 52 KB; PDF, 310 KB)
- Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set for the Hospital Survey—Spanish (Word, 78 KB; PDF, 256 KB)
Topics Covered by the Health IT Patient Safety Item Set
The Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set addresses the following topic areas:
- EHR Patient Safety and Quality issues (5 items).
- EHR System Training (3 items).
- EHR and Workflow/Work Process (3 items).
- EHR System Support and Communication (3 items).
- Overall EHR System Rating (1 item).
Pilot Study Results
The Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set was administered to providers and staff in 44 hospitals in 2017. Pilot study results are available for just over 9,000 hospital respondents who completed the supplemental item set.
- Pilot Study Results from the 2017 AHRQ SOPS Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set for Hospitals (PDF, 996 KB)
Resource List
This document contains links to practical resources to improve patient safety as it relates to the use of Health IT in hospitals.
