Editorial: Psychological Safety in Healthcare Settings

doi:10.3389/ijph.2024.1608073

Editorial

. 2024 Dec 2:69:1608073.

doi: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1608073. eCollection 2024.

Editorial: Psychological Safety in Healthcare Settings

José Mira^{1

2

3}, Andrea Madarasova Geckova^{3

4

5}, Bojana Knezevic^{3

6}, Paulo Sousa^{3

7}, Reinhard Strametz^{3

8}

Affiliations

¹ Alicante-Sant Joan Health Disctrict, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (FISABIO), Alicante, Spain.
² Health Psychology Department, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain.
³ European Researchers' Network Working on Second Victims (ERNST), COST Action 19113, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik, Košice, Slovakia.
⁵ Institute of Applied Psychology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
⁶ Department for Quality Assurance and Improvement in Healthcare, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁷ NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, CHRC, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁸ Wiesbaden Business School, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden, Germany.

PMID: 39687285
PMCID: PMC11646770
DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1608073

Editorial

Editorial: Psychological Safety in Healthcare Settings

José Mira et al. Int J Public Health. 2024.

. 2024 Dec 2:69:1608073.

doi: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1608073. eCollection 2024.

Authors

José Mira^{1

2

3}, Andrea Madarasova Geckova^{3

4

5}, Bojana Knezevic^{3

6}, Paulo Sousa^{3

7}, Reinhard Strametz^{3

8}

Affiliations

¹ Alicante-Sant Joan Health Disctrict, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (FISABIO), Alicante, Spain.
² Health Psychology Department, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain.
³ European Researchers' Network Working on Second Victims (ERNST), COST Action 19113, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik, Košice, Slovakia.
⁵ Institute of Applied Psychology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
⁶ Department for Quality Assurance and Improvement in Healthcare, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁷ NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, CHRC, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁸ Wiesbaden Business School, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden, Germany.

PMID: 39687285
PMCID: PMC11646770
DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1608073

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Keywords: healthcare workers; psychological safety; quality of care; safety culture; second victim.

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The authors declare that they do not have any conflicts of interest.

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Patient safety path: from formal culture to generative culture of patient safety (Europe, 2024).

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[1] Bates DW, Levine DM, Salmasian H, Syrowatka A, Shahian DM, Lipsitz S, et al. The Safety of Inpatient Health Care. N Engl J Med (2023) 388(2):142–53. PMID: 36630622. 10.1056/NEJMsa2206117 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Bates DW, Levine DM, Salmasian H, Syrowatka A, Shahian DM, Lipsitz S, et al. The Safety of Inpatient Health Care. N Engl J Med (2023) 388(2):142–53. PMID: 36630622. 10.1056/NEJMsa2206117 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Panagioti M, Khan K, Keers RN, Abuzour A, Phipps D, Kontopantelis E, et al. Prevalence, Severity, and Nature of Preventable Patient Harm Across Medical Care Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BMJ (2019) 366:l4185. PMID: 31315828; PMCID: PMC6939648. 10.1136/bmj.l4185 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Panagioti M, Khan K, Keers RN, Abuzour A, Phipps D, Kontopantelis E, et al. Prevalence, Severity, and Nature of Preventable Patient Harm Across Medical Care Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BMJ (2019) 366:l4185. PMID: 31315828; PMCID: PMC6939648. 10.1136/bmj.l4185 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Agbabiaka TB, Lietz M, Mira JJ, Warner B. A Literature-Based Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Preventable Adverse Events in Europe. Int J Qual Health Care (2017) 29(1):9–18. PMID: 28003370. 10.1093/intqhc/mzw143 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Agbabiaka TB, Lietz M, Mira JJ, Warner B. A Literature-Based Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Preventable Adverse Events in Europe. Int J Qual Health Care (2017) 29(1):9–18. PMID: 28003370. 10.1093/intqhc/mzw143 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Hickam DH, Severance S, Feldstein A, Ray L, Gorman P, Schuldheis S, et al. The Effect of Health Care Working Conditions on Patient Safety: Summary. In: AHRQ Evidence Report Summaries, 74. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) (1998-2005) (2003). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11929/ (Accessed July 30, 2024). - PMC - PubMed

[8] Hickam DH, Severance S, Feldstein A, Ray L, Gorman P, Schuldheis S, et al. The Effect of Health Care Working Conditions on Patient Safety: Summary. In: AHRQ Evidence Report Summaries, 74. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) (1998-2005) (2003). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11929/ (Accessed July 30, 2024). - PMC - PubMed

[9] Vanhaecht K, Seys D, Russotto S, Strametz R, Mira J, Sigurgeirsdóttir S, et al. An Evidence and Consensus-Based Definition of Second Victim: A Strategic Topic in Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety, Person-Centeredness and Human Resource Management. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2022) 19(24):16869. 10.3390/ijerph192416869 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Vanhaecht K, Seys D, Russotto S, Strametz R, Mira J, Sigurgeirsdóttir S, et al. An Evidence and Consensus-Based Definition of Second Victim: A Strategic Topic in Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety, Person-Centeredness and Human Resource Management. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2022) 19(24):16869. 10.3390/ijerph192416869 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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