Management Support for Patient Safety: Tailored Approaches for Iran’s Health System

Delivering healthcare is among the most complicated tasks in which humans engage. Medical errors are prone to arise during this process. This matter could compromise the patient's safety, likely leading to serious damage. Patient safety culture is an essential factor of patient safety, encompassing the organizational culture that fosters and advances patient safety. The concept of patient safety culture involves various aspects, with one prominent feature being the level of support offered through management towards ensuring patient safety. Healthcare managers are legally and ethically responsible for ensuring that patients receive high-quality treatment and making ongoing efforts to improve the quality of care provided. During the investigations based on the structure and conditions of Iran's health system, the situation of management's support for patient safety has been reported as unfavorable in some cases. In this paper, we tried to present Management Support actions that can improve patient safety culture by considering the structure and conditions of Iran's health system.