Clinical Decision Support Tools (CDSTs) to prevent errors and promote preference-based decisions cannot be designed, implemented, maintained and updated without organisational support. In addition, not all problems can be solved by CDST. It is important that organisations identify and react to early signals of poor, or exceptionally good, performance.

The cross-cutting research will explore the impact of organisational culture and practices on patient safety. It also aims to build capacity across the PSRC to work on important patient safety priorities adjacent to the main maternal and acute themes.