SOPS Additional Resources
Action Planning Tool
Review the Action Planning Tool, which assists users of the 大象视频Surveys on Patient Safety Culture庐 (厂翱笔厂庐) to develop an action plan for improving patient safety culture in their organizations.
Data Entry and Analysis Tools
Learn about data entry and analysis tools that use Microsoft庐 Excel庐 to assist with entering survey data. The tools create tables and graphs to display survey results. There is a tool for each of the SOPS surveys and supplemental item sets. To request one of the tools, email DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com and specify which survey tool you would like.
Improvement Resource Lists
Review SOPS resource lists below for SOPS surveys and supplemental items. These documents provide a list of references to websites and other publicly available practice resources that you can use to improve patient safety culture and patient safety. While the lists are not exhaustive, they are designed to give initial guidance for users seeking information about patient safety initiatives.
- Resource Lists for SOPS Surveys
- Hospital Version 2.0 (PDF, 403 KB)
- Hospital Version 1.0 (PDF, 519 KB)
- Medical Office (PDF, 441 KB)
- Nursing Home (PDF, 911 KB)
- Community Pharmacy (PDF, 292 KB)
- Ambulatory Surgery Center (PDF, 763 KB)
- Resource Lists for SOPS Supplemental Items
- Medical Office Diagnostic Safety (PDF, 272 KB)
- Medical Office and Hospital Value and Efficiency (PDF, 239 KB)
- Hospital Health Information Technology Patient Safety (PDF, 248 KB)
- Hospital Workplace Safety (PDF, 227 KB)
- Nursing Home Workplace Safety (PDF, 409 KB)
Impact Case Studies on the SOPS Surveys
AHRQ's collection of Impact Case Studies highlights successes of organizations using AHRQ's evidence-based tools and resources, including the SOPS Surveys. Learn more about these success stories for the SOPS Surveys.
Bibliography
Review the SOPS bibliography, which provides citations for articles published on the SOPS surveys and supplemental item sets. It includes references on the use of the surveys; psychometric analyses; how to improve patient safety culture; analyses linking the survey to outcome data; analyses linking composite measures with site and/or respondent characteristics; reviews of instruments or studies; and international studies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Read answers to a wide range of questions about the SOPS program as well as the specific survey instruments on Frequently Asked Questions, which you can search by topic.
Webcasts, Podcasts, and Announcements
Learn more about the AHRQ-sponsored webcasts, podcasts, and announcements on the SOPS Program.
