Purpose To learn the weaknesses and strengths of safety culture as expressed by the
dimensions measured by the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) at …

Quality improvement in healthcare is an ongoing challenge. Consideration of the context of
the health care system is of tantamount importance. Staff resilience and teamwork climate …

Background Developing a patient safety culture was one of the recommendations made by
the Institute of Medicine to assist hospitals in improving patient safety. In recent years, a …

Background Workload and demands on hospital staff have been growing over recent years.
To ensure patient and occupational safety, hospitals increasingly survey staff about …

Safety culture is a multidimensional concept that may be associated with medical errors and
patient safety events in healthcare delivery systems. However, limited evidence is available …

Background Clinically significant deterioration of patients admitted to general wards is a
recognized complication of hospital care. Rapid Response Systems (RRS) aim to reduce the …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non‑coding RNAs which regulate gene expression at the
post-transcriptional level. Abnormal expression of miRNAs occurs frequently in tumors …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Many thousands of patients die every year in the United
States as a result of serious and largely preventable safety events or medical errors. Safety …

Background Effective teamwork facilitates collective learning, which is integral to safety
culture. There are no rigorous evaluations of the impact of team training on the four …

Current models of quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) education are not fully
integrated with clinical care delivery, representing a major impediment toward achieving …