Form 4 Data Submission Emails

AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Database, Supporting Statement A

Attachment D: Data Submission Emails

Email #1: Call for Data Submission in 2026

June 3 - 21: AHRQ SOPS® Hospital Survey Data Submission

Voluntary data submission for AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Database will be open June 1 - 19 for hospitals that have administered AHRQ’s SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0. Hospitals may submit their most recent survey data administered any time between July 1, 2024 and June 19, 2026. Participating hospitals will receive feedback reports displaying their results compared to aggregated, de-identified results from all database participants.

The SOPS Hospital Database will be accepting data from the:

• SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0

• Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set

• Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set

• Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set

Select to access survey and supporting materials and learn more about database submission.

Watch the brief animated video: Why Submit to the AHRQ SOPS Databases?

Email DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com with questions, or call 1-888-324-9790.

Email #2: Registration Approval: Username

Welcome to the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Data Submission System. Your account was set up with the following information:

Username: [User email address]
Organization: [User organization]

To activate your account please follow the link below:

<<Data Submission URL>>

For questions or comments please contact SOPS Database staff at DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com.

Email #3: Reminder email – Send one and two weeks after data submission in 2026

Now Open: Data Submission for AHRQ SOPS® Hospital Database

Voluntary data submission for AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Database opened June 1 for hospitals that have administered AHRQ’s SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0. Hospitals may submit their most recent survey data administered any time between July 1, 2024 and June 19, 2026. Participating hospitals will receive individual feedback reports displaying their results compared to aggregated, de-identified results from all database participants.

Submissions will be accepted until June 19.

The SOPS Hospital Database is accepting data from the:

• SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0

• Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Item Set

• Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set

• Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set

Select to access survey and supporting materials and learn more about database submission.

To register and submit data, go to https://sopsdatabase.ahrq.gov/default.aspx?mode=hospital.

Watch the brief animated video: Why Submit to the AHRQ SOPS Databases?

Email DatabasesOnSafetyCulture@westat.com with questions, or call 1-888-324-9790.