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Adverse Events In Veterans Affairs Inpatient Psychiatric Units: Staff Perspectives On Contributing And Protective Factors., Gala True, Rosemary Frasso, Sara W. Cullen, Richard C. Hermann, Steven C. Marcus
Adverse Events In Veterans Affairs Inpatient Psychiatric Units: Staff Perspectives On Contributing And Protective Factors., Gala True, Rosemary Frasso, Sara W. Cullen, Richard C. Hermann, Steven C. Marcus
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OBJECTIVES: This study sought to identify risk factors and protective factors in hospital-based mental health settings in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with the goal of informing interventions to improve care of persons with serious mental illness.
METHODS: Twenty key informants from a stratified sample of 7 VHA inpatient psychiatric units were interviewed to gain their insights on causes of patient safety events and the factors that constrain or facilitate patient safety efforts.
RESULTS: Respondents identified threats to patient safety at the system-, provider-, and patient-levels. Protective factors that, when in place, made patient safety events less likely to occur …