Free from Harm: Accelerating Patient Safety Improvement Fifteen Years After To Err Is Human

[Glenys Harrington]

Dear All,

This USA The National Patient Safety Foundation report – “Free from Harm:
Accelerating Patient Safety Improvement Fifteen Years After To Err Is Human”
may be of interest and a useful resource to the membership. See extract and
link below

“Report of an Expert Panel Convened by the National Patient Safety
Foundation

Fifteen years after the Institute of Medicine brought public attention to
the issue of medical errors and adverse events, patient safety concerns
remain a serious public health issue that must be tackled with a more
pervasive response.

With a grant from AIG, the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF)
convened an expert panel in February 2015 to assess the state of the patient
safety field and set the stage for the next 15 years of work.

The resulting report calls for the establishment of a total systems approach
and a culture of safety, and calls for action by government, regulators,
health professionals, and others to place higher priority on patient safety
science and implementation.

The report makes eight recommendations:

1.Ensure that leaders establish and sustain a safety culture
2.Create centralized and coordinated oversight of patient safety
3.Create a common set of safety metrics that reflect meaningful
outcomes
4.Increase funding for research in patient safety and implementation
science
5.Address safety across the entire care continuum
6.Support the health care workforce
7.Partner with patients and families for the safest care
8.Ensure that technology is safe and optimized to improve patient
safety”

http://www.npsf.org/?freefromharm#form

regards

Glenys

Glenys Harrington

Consultant

Infection Control Consultancy (ICC)

PO Box 5202

Middle Park

Victoria, 3206

Australia

M: +61 404 816 434

infexion@ozemail.com.au

ABN 47533508426

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