Patient Safety and the Just Culture

Abstract

Within health care, the Just Culture is model of workplace justice intended to create fairness for providers and create better outcome for patients. It is about creating a common language to evaluate provider conduct. A Just Culture helps create an open reporting culture. To create better patient safety outcomes, a Just Culture shifts the focus from errors and outcomes to system design and the facilitation of good behavioral choices.

Keywords: At-risk behavior; Human error; Just Culture; Patient safety.