This study aimed to investigate and analyze comprehensive healthcare safety management systems as well as their associated institutions and activities in developed countries. The goal is to suggest a direction for policy development by extracting management systems that must be either established or improved in order to enhance safety in domestic healthcare industries. The following provides the details of the research. 

First, this study defined the concept and range of healthcare safety and categorizes healthcare safety management systems into more detailed levels based on state activities.

Second, this study investigated overseas cases of more sub-divided healthcare activities and areas that could or could not take preventative measures using the current knowledge and technologies.

Third, domestic safety management systems and their status were investigated to compare and review the analysis of the overseas cases to propose safety management activities for domestic implementation or improvement.