Section B 01 Session 16

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Hospitals as Cultures of

Entrapment
Aashi Jain - 2111003
Aman Jauhri - 2111032
Amar Baroni - 2111033
Bommidi Sharath Chandra - 2111068
Nallakunta Sai Sumanth - 2111188
Ujjwal Butalia - 2111307
Safety Culture and Cultural blind spots
Safety culture is the set of assumptions and practices
necessary for healthcare organizations to provide optimal
care

But these can also be a source of danger if they blind factors


important to performance leading an organization down the
wrong path with dire consequences
Description of events at BRI
➢ In 1984, BRI and BCH were designated as one of the nine SRS centres
➢ BRI was not doing well in the area of pediatric heart surgery
➢ 1986, professor at the University of Wales Wrote about bad quality of
surgery
➢ About 100 formal concerns about quality were raised by a consultant
➢ Article on post mortem report emerged in 1989
➢ 1991, Royal College of Physicians refused to accreddit the BRHSC as an
institution to train pediatric cardiology
➢ 1996(inquiry called) - 1998(inquiry started) - 2001(report published)
Description of events at BRI
➢ Mortality rate at BRI kept increasing and was double the rate at
other centres
Years BCI Others

1984-89 32.2% 21.2%


1989-90 37.5% 18.8%

In the year 1991-95 the Bristol had over 30-35% excess deaths than
others
➢ CEO John Roylance dismissed Dr. Bolsin’s complaints
➢ A series of six expose articles criticizing pediatric care published in
Private Eye
Problems at BRI
● The split-site and split-service issues
● Only two pediatric surgeons - one was unapproachable and
the other was insecure to perform up to par
● Lacked a strong leadership and had lost trust of public
leading to emotional contagion
● Repeated complaints and negative publicity
● The “muddling-through” mindset
● Behavioural commitment about lack of performance and
higher mortality rate.
● Equity Theory and Organizational justice
Personalities
Dr. John Roylance Dr. James Wisheart Dr. Janardan Dhasmana

CEO Paediatric Surgeon Paediatric Surgeon

● Transactional ● Autocratic ● Self Critical and insecure


Leadership ● Counterproductive ● Lack of Self-
(Laissez-faire) work behaviour Determination
● Lack of path-goal ● Position power ● Less engagement with
theory behaviour exploitation surgical team
● Not a visionary ● Not an authentic leader
Recommendation

Variable Pay Program Feedback Relational Job Employee


Design Involvement and
Pay should depend on Feedback regarding Participation
individual and effectiveness of Employees should Use input of
organization performance should see the positive employees to
performance be given difference they increase employee
make commitment
Recommendation

Goal Setting Theory Mentoring


Work Satisfaction

Specific and difficult goals Senior employees should


Support, security and with feedback leads to support less experienced
psychological safety will higher performance doctors
encourage collective
responsibility
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