6️⃣ SOPS® Beyond Scores: Ensuring Data Accuracy

A stronger patient safety culture is achievable  

Having accurate, reliable data is the foundation of a strong patient safety culture. Without it, healthcare facilities struggle to make informed decisions based on their Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) results. Ensuring SOPS® data accuracy is critical, as even small discrepancies can impact the effectiveness of patient safety initiatives. 

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The importance of data accuracy in SOPS® surveys 

When healthcare organizations conduct SOPS® surveys, they rely on staff participation to provide genuine insights into their safety culture. However, collecting data is only the first step. If the data are inaccurate or incomplete, leadership may draw incorrect conclusions about their hospital's patient safety culture, potentially leading to ineffective or misaligned improvements. Here are the five patient safety data factors to know.  

How DataGen ensures reliable and actionable data 

DataGen plays a key role in helping organizations across all care settings achieve data accuracy in their SOPS® surveys. Through a secure web-based tool, we streamline the data collection process, ensuring that staff responses are captured correctly. 

After the surveys are submitted, DataGen performs multiple validation checks to confirm that: 

• each staff participant's response is accurately recorded; 

• survey data align with expected benchmarks; and 

• reports generated reflect precise and actionable insights. 
  
  

From raw data to actionable insights 

Once validated, DataGen transforms survey results into easy-to-use reports. Leadership can generate PDFs and presentations, making it simple to share insights across the organization. With these clear reports, facilities can confidently develop targeted strategies to improve their patient safety culture. 

Why data accuracy matters for your organization 

Accurate SOPS® survey data ensures that hospitals, community pharmacies, medical offices and ambulatory surgery centers can: 

• identify genuine strengths and weaknesses in their culture of safety; 

• implement meaningful improvements based on validated data; and 

• foster staff trust in the patient safety culture survey process. 

By partnering with DataGen, healthcare organizations can go beyond just collecting scores. They gain confidence in their data, allowing them to take meaningful action to enhance patient safety culture and drive real change. 

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