Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Health Care Management, Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Associated Professor, Health Information Management, Health Management and Economic Research Center, School of Management and Medical Information, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Patient safety is a critical component of health care quality. In addition to human suffering, unsafe health care exerts a heavy economic cost to the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to assess the Patient safety infrastructures in selected hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.Methods: The present descriptive-analytic study was carried out cross-sectional in spring of 2013. Data were collected Using compulsory standards checklist that is used by World Health Organization (WHO) to assess patient safety in hospitals through observation, interviews and reviewing documents in selected hospitals of Isfahan . the data using SPSS 21 , descriptive and inferential statistical methods was analyzed .Then, based on the Compliance level with infrastructures of patient safety, hospitals were classified into three levels of poor (lower than 50%), medium (5o-75%), and good (higher than75%).Results: The overall compliance level of patient safety infrastructure mean with 55,3% was evaluated intermediate in studied hospital. The leadership and management with the highest mean (69.5%) was evaluated average and the patient and public involvement domain with the lowest mean (37.5%) was evaluated weak .Conclusion: In total, the overall compliance level of patient safety infrastructure was evaluated intermediate in studied hospital. Given that acquiring hundred percent of critical standards in in the four domains are essential to be considered at the basic level of patient safety friendly hospital. Therefore, Necessary investments in strategic and operational planning must be considered in order to achieve 100% standards in the four domains
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