title: The impact of the Coronial Communiqué on changing patient safety: a subscriber survey.
abstract: To determine whether the Coronial Communiqué prompted subscribers to initiate changes to clinical practice for patient safety an anonymous, online cross-sectional population survey questionnaire was provided to all registered subscribers to the Communiqué. The main outcome measure was self-reported review and change to practice. From 1325 subscribers invited to participate, 697 complete and valid responses were received (52.6%). Most of the respondents (588; 84.4%) reported the Communiqué provided ideas for improving patient safety, 429 (61.5%) reviewed their practice, and 290 (41.6%) changed their practice. The characteristic most associated with a change in practice was if the subscriber was in clinical practice. This association was evident for ideas (odds ratio [OR], 3.42; 95% CI, 2.24-5.23), review (OR, 2.63; 95% CI, 1.91-3.61) and change to improve practice (OR, 2.40; 95% CI, 1.73-3.32).
authors.affiliation: Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department Forensic Medicine, Monash University, 57-83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC 3006, Australia. josephi@vifm.org
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Jonathon P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ehsani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D002423:Cause of Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management