Research & Publications
Measuring Disruptive BehaviorOur survey measure of disruptive behavior is a robust tool with strong psychometric properties that demonstrates relationships with SAQ domains. Disruptive behavior is positively associated with turnover rates and negatively associated with safety and teamwork culture.
The Essential GuideAccording to The Joint Commission, "The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers... is a comprehensive and authoritative repository of essential knowledge on patient safety. An esteemed group of editors/authors has crafted content geared to help patient safety leaders create a culture of safety; plan, oversee, and implement new safety practices and improve safety-related management and operations."
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Health Affairs' Top 10 Most-Read in 2011 features "Global Trigger Tool" articlePascal leaders and advisors including Dr. David Classen, Dr. Roger Resar, Terri Frankel, and Dr. Allan Frankel contributed to one of the most highly read articles of the past year. Their work indicated that adverse events in hospitals may be ten times freater than previously measured.
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Dr. David Classen and Stanley Pestotnik Join Pascal MetricsPascal continues to expand its patient safety leadership. "David pioneered the use of electronic health records for adverse event detection, and Stan pioneered the use of real-time healthcare IT. As the pressure at healthcare systems builds to reduce cost and improve overall value, this leadership team expansion is clearly a big win for our client partners."
