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The World Health Organization organizes World Patient Safety Day on September 17 every year. World Patient Safety Day calls for global solidarity and action from all countries and international partners to improve patient safety.
World Patient Safety Day 2021 is dedicated to the need to prioritize and address safety in maternal and newborn care. This topic is chosen by the WHO because of the significant burden of harm women and newborns are exposed to due to unsafe care. This is especially important in the context of the disruption of health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safety for maternal and newborns is about avoiding deaths and stillbirths through the provision of safe and quality care by skilled health care professionals working in supportive environments:
Traditionally, quality and safety reporting has come from a provider perspective, with nurses and doctors reporting incidents such as wrong-site surgery and incorrect medication administration themselves.
While issues like those are easy to observe, other incidents might go unnoticed, such as a tense interaction between a patient and a rude receptionist, or feelings that a provider isn't listening to a patient's concerns. That's why patient feedback can be an important indicator of healthcare quality and safety within an institution. And increasingly, hospitals and other healthcare organizations recognize that patient complaints and feedback often provide important, yet missed, insights into safety and quality.
>> Learn more on how to make patient/client participation a success.
Patients look at healthcare from a different perspective than healthcare professionals. They have specific expertise that is unique and related to their personal situation, their treatment and their recovery.
For more information about this campaign by WHO you can check their campaign website.
Or check the inspirational video that was made by the Patient Safety Movement as a showcase of their contribution to the campaign last year:
The theme for World Patient Safety Day changes each year, but one thing remains certain: patient safety is more important now than ever. Read the blog on www.symplr.com to find out why.
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