Assessing Patient Safety Culture In Hospital Settings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Review Assessing Patient Safety Culture in Hospital Settings Abdulmajeed Azyabi *, Waldemar Karwowski and Mohammad Reza Davahli * Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems,... More

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Review Assessing Patient Safety Culture in Hospital Settings Abdulmajeed Azyabi *, Waldemar Karwowski and Mohammad Reza Davahli * Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; wkar@ucf.edu * Correspondence: Aym37@knights.ucf.edu (A.A.); mohammadreza.davahli@ucf.edu (M.R.D.) Abstract: The current knowledge about patient safety culture (PSC) in the healthcare industry, as well as the research tools that have been used to evaluate PSC in hospitals, is limited. Such a limitation may hamper current efforts to improve patient safety worldwide. This study provides a systematic review of published research on the perception of PSC in hospitals. The research methods used to survey and evaluate PSC in healthcare settings are also explored. A list of academic databases was searched from 2006 to 2020 to form a comprehensive view of PSC’s current applications. The Less