Scoping Review of High-Reliability Organization Implementation Studies

Eleven studies from a scoping review of 3,305 retrieved publications analyze the impact of high-reliability organization principles on healthcare safety. The dataset, created by Michael Joshua G. Morales and last updated in April 2026, compiles evidence from English-language studies published between 2016 and 2025. It focuses on outcomes like patient adverse events and staff psychological safety.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between HRO principle implementation and reported counts of adverse events like medication errors or falls.
• Compare staff perception metrics on patient safety before and after HRO interventions across different healthcare settings.
• Assess the evidence gap for staff physical safety outcomes versus psychological safety outcomes in the included studies.
• Extract study characteristics like publication year and methodology using the Joanna Briggs Institute data extraction tool fields.

Strengths

• Clear inclusion criteria defined for selecting 11 studies from an initial pool of 3,305.
• Data extracted using a standardized tool (Joanna Briggs Institute) with independent reviewer screening to reduce bias.

Limitations

• Very small sample size of only 11 included studies limits statistical power for meta-analysis.
• Limited evidence on staff physical safety outcomes, with only one identified study addressing this.
• Temporal scope is restricted to studies from 2016 to 2025, excluding earlier evidence.

Provenance

Source

Figshare repository, author Michael Joshua G. Morales.

Collection Method

Scoping review following a systematic search across three databases, with librarian consultation on search strategy.

Time Range

2016 to 2025

Freshness

Includes studies up to 2025; dataset last updated in 2026.