Open AccessPatient Safety Culture in a Teaching Hospital in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: Assessment and Opportunities for Improvement
Author(s) -
Afnan Aljaffary,
Fatemah Al Yaqoub,
Reem Al Madani,
Hessa Aldossary,
Arwa Alumran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s313368
Subject(s) - safety culture , patient safety , teamwork , staffing , health care , organizational culture , quality management , medicine , nursing , quality (philosophy) , operations management , management system , management , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth
The objective of the present study is to explore the perceptions of patient safety culture (PSC) among King Fahd University Hospital's (KFUH) employees and to develop recommendations to overcome the factors that impede the integration of PSC in the study setting.