Patient Safety Updates

Oxford Professional Practice: Handbook of Patient Safety

Edited by Peter Lachman, Jane Runnacles, Anita Jayadev, John Brennan, and John Fitzsimons

Every day, doctors are faced with the challenge of keeping the people they treat safe and free from harm. Patient safety is a relatively new field of study, but the field is expanding and there is now better understanding of what is needed to measure and achieve safety for patients.

The Handbook of Patient Safety will empower doctors, nurses and other professionals to be able to develop safe clinical processes that allow proactive management and minimisation of risk, so that people are not harmed when they receive clinical care. It gives the rationale for patient safety, the theories behind the science of patient safety and then the practical methods that frontline staff can use on a daily basis to decrease harm.

Pocket sized and practical, this handbook is the ideal guide to support frontline staff and trainees, as well as all allied professionals in the name of patient safety. It reflects the World Health Organization's Patient Safety Curriculum and is written by international experts in their field who have specialist interests and direct expertise in dealing with patient safety issues. This book will demystify what is often seen as a complex topic, helping doctors understand the methods needed to provide safe care.

The handbook was co-edited by ISQua's past CEO, Peter Lachman, and ISQua Board member John Brennan. Chapter authors include ISQua President Jeffrey Braithwaite and Board member Tricia Woodhead, ISQua Academy members and ISQua Experts Uma Kotagal, Eugene Nelson, Jason Leitch, Gail Nielsen, Michael Marx and Pat O’Connor.

ECRI's Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns Report

ECRI's Special Report helps healthcare organizations set priorities by uncovering possible issues and identifies system-based approaches as part of a total system approach to facilitate real change in safety. 

A “must read” for c-suite, and patient safety, risk, and quality leaders, and everyone concerned with making healthcare facilities safer, this year’s Special Report features all first-time topics, including new challenges related to COVID-19.

Whether you work in acute, aging services, or ambulatory care, learn about concerns that may be putting your patients and residents at risk— system-wide safety processes you can implement now.

Patient Safety in Fragile, Conflict-affected and Vulnerable settings

The Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London have recently published a couple of papers on patient safety in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings. 

This is an area which requires urgent additional research and attention, and I hope you will find the articles attached below of interest.

https://jogh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/jogh-11-03082.pdf

https://jogh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/jogh-12-04018.pdf

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/10/e052960

WPA Workshop on Patient Empowerment & Community Engagement in Patient Safety

Wednesday 25th May 2022 at 08:00 am EST

Patient empowerment is a process through which patients individually and collectively have increased capacity to express their needs, present their concerns and take action to meet those needs in partnership with the healthcare providers. 

The Jeddah Declaration on Patient Safety highlights the significance of patient empowerment and engagement in the improvement of healthcare globally. The workshop will provide an introduction to the issue of patient safety and its impact on patients and health systems worldwide. 

It will also highlight the WHO Patients for Patient Safety Program’s role in incorporating the patient, family and community voice into all levels of health care through engagement and empowerment. 

The workshop participants will be updated on the World Patients Safety Action Plan and the role that is expected of patients in improving patient safety. Case studies of successful patient and community engagement experiences from countries will be shared with the participants. 

Speakers include, Hussain Jafri, Founding Director, World Patients Alliance, and Patients For Patients Safety Champion; Helen Haskell, President, Mothers Against Medical Error & Consumers Advancing Patient Safety; and Regina N. Kamoga, Board Director, World Patients Alliance, and Executive Director CHAIN, Uganda.