Currently accepted at: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: May 5, 2025
Date Accepted: Jan 29, 2026
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Evaluating the impact of short-notice accreditation on hospitals’ patient safety and quality culture: a protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
This protocol outlines the research project to evaluate the impact of a short notice accreditation model on a patient safety and quality culture of a health care organisation.
Objective:
To understand the impact of a short notice accreditation model on a regional and rural Australian hospital’s safety and quality culture and clinical indicators.
Methods:
Employing Schein’s Culture Framework as an organisational culture theoretical model, researchers will synthesise the observable outcomes (artefacts, behaviours, and indicators) with staff perceptions and experience (norms and values) to inform understanding of underlying assumptions and beliefs about short notice accreditation models. The observable (quantitative) data will be converged with the perceptions and experience (qualitative) data. Cross-tabulation, trend analysis and statistical analysis techniques will be used to understand and analyse the data.
Results:
Nil - this is a protocol
Conclusions:
The researchers aim to inform the health policy agenda on the suitability and viability of a short notice accreditation approach. The proposed research will produce new knowledge on how this accreditation model can influence the patient safety and quality culture of a regional and rural hospitals and health service facilities. Clinical Trial: NA
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