Title
Theorizing Change in Eastern U.S. Hospitals: How Organizational Context Shapes Patient Safety Reform
Submission Date
8-4-2022
Document Type
Paper- Restricted to Campus Access
Department
Health & Exercise Physiology
Faculty Mentor
Catherine van de Ruit
Project Description
This brief writeup shares preliminary observations from a case-study of two eastern U.S. hospitals in the Surgical Unit-based Safety Program (SUSP), a national initiative of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins aimed at reducing the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) and improving perioperative safety culture. The work uses ethnographic methods to theorize about factors related to organizational context that influence safety reform.
Recommended Citation
Varghese, Mekha, "Theorizing Change in Eastern U.S. Hospitals: How Organizational Context Shapes Patient Safety Reform" (2022). Health and Exercise Physiology Summer Fellows. 23.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/health_sum/23
Restricted
Available to Ursinus community only.
Comments
Presented during the 24th Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 22, 2022 at Ursinus College.