Author: Dr. Khalid Abulmajd

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Dr. Donald Berwick: A Quality Guru Transforming Healthcare

Meeting Dr. Donald Berwick, the renowned quality guru, was a transformative experience for me as a healthcare quality consultant. His expertise, dedication, and personable nature have made him an exceptional role model. Dr. Berwick’s focus on patient-centered care, systems thinking, leadership, collaboration, and continuous learning has shaped my approach to improving healthcare quality. I am grateful for the opportunity to have met and learned from him, and I will carry his teachings with me throughout my professional journey.

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Patient Safety Assessment Manual

This manual provides the necessary tools for professional associations, regulatory, accrediting or oversight bodies and ministries of health, to improve patient safety. The manual has two sections: Patient safety standards; and Patient safety friendly hospital assessment tools. Patient safety standards: Involve five main domains: A. Leadership and management B. Patient and public involvement C. Safe…

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Pt. Safety Friendly Hospitals

A study conducted in 2009 in six countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region showed that up to 18% of hospital admissions were associated with patient harm as a result of medical interventions. World Health Organization (WHO) started the Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative (PSFHI). This initiative is to enhance the implementation of patient safety practices in healthcare facilities. This initiative…

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Patient Safety Officer

The Patient Safety Officer (PSO) has the primary responsibility to coordinate and serve as a resource for the development, implementation, review, and ongoing refinement of the patient safety program. The Patient Safety Officer must also encourage leadership performance measurement and staff incentive programs that support patient safety improvement. The PSO acts as a liaison for…

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Leadership and Patient Safety

Leadership is considered the main factor for an effective patient safety program. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) developed a white paper, Leaders in Patient Safety, to assist healthcare leaders in the development of the patient safety program. This white paper recommends the following eight steps for leaders to achieve patient safety : Establish Patient…

Infection Control Mesurement

MERS Co-V Study, Worldwide

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. It is caused by a coronavirus called MERS-CoV. Worldwide Analysis updated june 2015 The analysis dashboard shows the relation between various case variables as: number of cases per month with or without contact with animals. the country, cases are healthcare…

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HAMs Harmful Errors

Identification of High Alert Medications (HAMs) differs from one institution to another. However, all organizations identify four specific HAM drug classes—insulins, anticoagulants, sedatives, and opioids—because they’re frequently linked to potentially harmful outcomes. Insulins Reports received by ISMP reveal most insulin errors stem from human error (concentration lapses, distractions, and forgetfulness) related to dosage measurement and…

Quality

Six Aims of Quality

After “To Err Is Human” (2000); The Institute of Medicine (IOM) published another influential book “Crossing the Quality Chasm“ (2002),  This book called attention to three broad categories of quality defects: Underuse: whereby scientifically practices are not used as often as they should be; Overuse: especially of imaging procedures and prescription of antibiotics; and Misuse: when…

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Patient Empowerment Experience

Scaling Up Shared Decision-Making, USA The Health Decision Sciences Centre at Massachusetts General Hospital has created a streamlined process whereby doctors in primary and secondary care can ‘prescribe’ a patient decision aid through their electronic medical record. The patient can then access the tool outside of the consultation to facilitate better shared decision making. Respectful…

Mesurement

Healthcare Data !!!

Overview From birth certificate until the death certificate, each one accumulates healthcare data. Each time a person has contact with the healthcare some data is produced, be it paper, electronic, or both.  Healthcare data is any data are collected and used when individuals interact with healthcare systems. This data includes a record of services received, conditions of those services,…

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Patient Engagement – Successful Stories

Patients want to be engaged in their healthcare decision-making process and are increasingly asking for more responsive, open and transparent healthcare. Patients who are engaged as decision-makers in their care tend to be healthier and have better outcomes. Patient engagement increases the mutual accountability between the patients and their healthcare providers.  Just Ask Campaign – Denmark The Danish Society…

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Quality and Patient Safety

Patient safety is about how healthcare organizations protect their patients from errors. While many hospitals are good at keeping their patients safe, some hospitals aren’t.  It’s up to everyone to make sure that patient safety is a priority.  The difference between pt. safety and quality Safety has to do with lack of harm. Quality has to do with efficient, effective,…

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