Table 8. Priorities for Future Research
Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety
| Domain | Is a high priority for future research | Not a high priority at this time | Skipped questionh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developing/validating measures of leadership | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| Developing/validating measures of patient safety culture | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| Developing/validating measures of teamwork | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| Developing criteria/recommendations for what constitutes "reporting the intervention in sufficient detail that it can be replicated" | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| Understanding the important items to measure and report in implementation | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| Developing detailed methods for assessing potential unintended consequences | 7 | 14 | 1 |
| Developing evaluation methods for interventions that have very rare events as patient outcomes | 6 | 15 | 1 |
| Identifying critical aspects of context that influence PSPs not already considered in this project | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| Developing a theory-based taxonomy with which to describe and evaluate key elements of interventions, contexts, and targeted behaviors | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| Refining a framework for assessing the body of evidence about a PSP | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| Identifying barriers to conducting high quality research in patient safety | 4 | 17 | 1 |
| Conducting empirical research to show that the named factors from this project do make a difference | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| Evaluating the usefulness of another forum for communicating organizational experiences, other than peer-reviewed journals | 9 | 12 | 1 |
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Internet Citation: Table 8. Priorities for Future Research: Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety .
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