A study of leading indicators for occupational health and safety management systems in healthcare

Autor: Karanjit Lachhar, Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof, Henrietta Van hulle, Ryan Adam, Thomas Hayes, Tracy Kent-Hillis, Joanna Noonan, Joan Almost, Geneviève C. Paré, Peter Strahlendorf, Vanessa Silva e Silva, Jeremy Holden, Mike McDonald, Louise Caicco Tett
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Leading indicators
Health Personnel
Occupational Health Services
Pilot Projects
Health informatics
Management systems
Occupational safety and health
Health administration
Occupational health nursing
Study Protocol
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Environmental health
Absenteeism
Health care
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Longitudinal Studies
Workplace
050107 human factors
Quality Indicators
Health Care
Safety management
Ontario
Occupational health
business.industry
Health Policy
Public health
Nursing research
Health and safety
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
05 social sciences
lcsh:RA1-1270
Occupational Injuries
030210 environmental & occupational health
Hospitals
Risk management
Management system
Female
Sick Leave
business
Delivery of Health Care
Zdroj: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
BMC Health Services Research
ISSN: 1472-6963
Popis: Background In Ontario, Canada, approximately $2.5 billion is spent yearly on occupational injuries in the healthcare sector. The healthcare sector has been ranked second highest for lost-time injury rates among 16 Ontario sectors since 2009 with female healthcare workers ranked the highest among all occupations for lost-time claims. There is a great deal of focus in Ontario’s occupational health and safety system on compliance and fines, however despite this increased focus, the injury statistics are not significantly improving. One of the keys to changing this trend is the development of a culture of healthy and safe workplaces including the effective utilization of leading indicators within Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMSs). In contrast to lagging indicators, which focus on outcomes retrospectively, a leading indicator is associated with proactive activities and consists of selected OHSMSs program elements. Using leading indicators to measure health and safety has been common practice in high-risk industries; however, this shift has not occurred in healthcare. The aim of this project is to conduct a longitudinal study implementing six elements of the Ontario Safety Association for Community and Healthcare (OSACH) system identified as leading indicators and evaluating the effectiveness of this intervention on improving selected health and safety workplace indicators. Methods A quasi-experimental longitudinal research design will be used within two Ontario acute care hospitals. The first phase of the study will focus on assessing current OHSMSs using the leading indicators, determining potential facilitators and barriers to changing current OHSMSs, and identifying the leading indicators that could be added or changed to the existing OHSMS in place. Phase I will conclude with the development of an intervention designed to support optimizing current OHSMSs in participating hospitals based on identified gaps. Phase II will pilot test and evaluate the tailored intervention. Discussion By implementing specific elements to test leading indicators, this project will examine a novel approach to strengthening the occupational health and safety system. Results will guide healthcare organizations in setting priorities for their OHSMSs and thereby improve health and safety outcomes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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