Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the SOPS Hospital Survey

The AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Health Information Technology (Health IT) Patient Safety Supplemental Items for hospitals were designed for use 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 Items

• Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey—English (Word, 52 KB; PDF, 310 KB)
• Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey—Spanish (Word, 78 KB; PDF, 256 KB)

Administration Instructions

Instructions on how to administer the SOPS supplemental items can be found at Supplemental Items.

Measures Covered by the Health IT Patient Safety Items

Pilot Study Results

The Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items were 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 items.

• 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.

• Improving Health Information Technology Patient Safety: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Health Information Technology Item Set (PDF, 248 KB)

AHRQ SOPS Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items (Webcast) (July 25, 2018)

SOPS Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals: Webcast (50:01)

Technical Assistance

• SafetyCultureSurveys@westat.com, 1-888-324-9749.
• DatabasesonSafetyCulture@westat.com, 1-888-324-9790.