Equitable care has been recognized as one of the six core components quality for over two decades, yet scant attention paid to understand and address healthcare disparities in US. There is long-standing evidence substantial health poor outcomes along race, ethnicity income levels The COVID-19 pandemic both exacerbated exposed these inequities catalyzed a national imperative achieve equitable he...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, for quality improvement, measuring patient safety culture (PSC) in healthcare organizations is being increasingly used. The aim of this study was to clarify PSC status in Iranian hospitals using a meta-analysis method. METHODS Six databases were searched: PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, Magiran, SID and IranMedex using the search terms including patient ...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, patient safety issue is among one of the main concerns of the hospital policy worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the patient safety status in hospitals affiliated to Semnan city, using the WHO model for Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiatives (PSFHI) in summer 2014. METHODS That was a cross sectional descriptive study that addressed patient safety , which explai...

INTRODUCTION The Patient Safety Leadership Walkabout (PSLWA) programme is a commonly employed tool in the West, in which senior leaders visit sites within the hospital that are involved in patient care to talk to healthcare staff about patient safety issues. As there is a lack of perspective regarding PSLWA in Asia, we carried out an evaluation of its effectiveness in improving the patient safe...