Streamlining incident reporting system: A lean approach to enhance patient and staff safety in a Middle Eastern prehospital emergency care setting.

Incident reporting in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is vital for enhancing patient safety and system performance, but time constraints often impede efficient documentation. Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service Group (HMCASG) implemented a streamlined "Occurrence, Variance, and Accident" (OVA) reporting system to address these challenges. This study evaluated the effectiveness of this system in reducing incident report completion time.

An Evaluation of Healthcare Safety Culture Among Healthcare Professionals in Secondary and Tertiary Public Hospitals in the Middle East Region.

Background and aim The provision of quality healthcare is initiated by a culture of patient safety. Understanding the patient safety culture (PSC) is a critical concept for all healthcare workers. We conducted this study to evaluate the PSC understanding among the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) staff members.