STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 Flashcards
What is the main goal of the Patient Safety Policy, Strategy, and Implementation Framework?
integrate patient safety as a core priority in all health sector policies,
strengthening healthcare systems to achieve universal health coverage by identifying avoidable risks, allocating resources, and coordinating efforts between public and private healthcare providers.
What are the key actions for governments to support patient safety as part of the Patient Safety Policy?
Key actions for governments include recognizing patient safety as a health priority, establishing a national patient safety program, and allocating financial resources, including an annual budget for patient safety initiatives.
What role do healthcare facilities and services play in ensuring patient safety according to the framework?
Healthcare facilities and services must ensure adequate staffing with the right skill mix, develop information systems using real-time data, optimize infrastructure and process flow to reduce overcrowding, and continuously improve patient safety through quality improvement principles.
What are the actions recommended for stakeholders in patient safety?
Stakeholders should advocate for human and financial resources to address critical patient safety issues, involve the private sector in improving patient safety, and publicize patient safety solutions to gain public support.
Why is resource mobilization and allocation crucial in the patient safety strategy?
Resource mobilization and allocation are crucial because they ensure the availability of sufficient funding, staffing, and infrastructure to deliver safe, needs-based healthcare and prevent overcrowding in healthcare facilities.
What protective legislative measures are necessary for patient safety?
Protective legislative measures include laws and regulations that enforce patient safety standards, protect patient rights, hold healthcare providers accountable, and promote transparency and continuous improvement in healthcare.
How do safety standards, regulation, and accreditation contribute to patient safety?
They help align healthcare regulatory, inspection, and accreditation activities with the goal of improving patient safety performance by setting minimum safety standards and incorporating patient safety into accreditation processes.
What is the purpose of World Patient Safety Day and the Global Patient Safety Challenges?
The purpose is to maintain a high public and political profile for patient safety by creating maximum awareness, setting annual goals, and implementing actions to improve global patient safety.
What are the actions for governments on World Patient Safety Day?
Governments are encouraged to participate in designing the global campaign, adopt annual goals, and monitor and evaluate the outcomes and impacts of World Patient Safety Day.
What are healthcare facilities and services expected to do on World Patient Safety Day?
They are expected to adapt and develop local campaigns aligned with the national campaign and implement actions required by the Global Patient Safety Challenges.
