Effect of patient safety education interventions on patient safety culture of health care professionals: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Health systems seeking to improve patient safety culture (PSC) implement myriad of educational programs for their staff. This review identified 16 studies of PSC education programs that included before and after surveys or intervention and control groups. Results were generally positive, but repeated trainings may be needed to sustain the change. Additionally, based on the reporting using the AHRQ Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS), a culture of blame remained a pervasive problem despite improvements in other components of patient safety culture in many hospitals.