A new perspective on blame culture: an experimental study

This study explored how fear of blame and punishment affects different healthcare professions, experience levels and gender. 249 healthcare practitioners were involved, and were asked how fear of blame or punishment resulting from an error which caused no, mild, severe or death of a patient. Extracts: ·    “blame culture can be defined as a set of… Continue reading A new perspective on blame culture: an experimental study

Investigators are human too: outcome bias and perceptions of individual culpability in patient safety incident investigations

This study explored whether outcome bias might explain why healthcare investigations focus on individual culpability over addressing latent conditions in the system. 212 participants were allocated to one of three scenarios followed by the findings of an investigation (see scenario overviews below). For background: ·         Prior work has identified that the “overwhelming majority of recommendations… Continue reading Investigators are human too: outcome bias and perceptions of individual culpability in patient safety incident investigations