Creating a Better Patient Safety Culture in Taiwan: The Viewpoints of Physicians and Registered Nurses

Chih-Hsuan Huang; Hsin-Hung Wu; Yii-Ching Lee; Li Li; Cheng-Feng Wu

Volume 2, Issue 4 , December 2017, , Pages 122-124

https://doi.org/10.15171/hpr.2017.29

Abstract
  Background: Patient safety culture in healthcare organizations has become an important issue globally for improving medical services. In 2016, Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) system covered 99.6% of Taiwan’s population. With the enhancement of medical quality, patients expect medical ...  Read More

Using Linear Regression to Identify Critical Demographic Variables Affecting Patient Safety Culture From Viewpoints of Physicians and Nurses

Chih-Yi Chi; Hsin-Hung Wu; Chih-Hsuan Huang; Yii-Ching Lee

Volume 2, Issue 2 , May 2017, , Pages 47-53

https://doi.org/10.15171/hpr.2017.12

Abstract
  Background: The issues of patient safety and healthcare quality have become increasingly important around the world since the 1990s. Many hospitals manage to reduce the number of adverse events (AEs) that can threaten patient safety in healthcare organizations. Assessing the existing patient safety culture ...  Read More