The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the Global Patient Safety Report 2024, a key document that highlights the advances, challenges and strategies in promoting patient safety around the world. This report is an important milestone in the fight against preventable harm in global health systems.
What is the Global Patient Safety Report?
The Global Patient Safety Report 2024 is a comprehensive analysis of current patient safety conditions, covering everything from the incidence of medical errors to the best practices for mitigating them. It was developed with the collaboration of patient safety experts, patient rights advocates and healthcare professionals from around the world. The main objective is to provide a guide for implementing practices that eliminate preventable harm and strengthen the resilience of healthcare systems.
Importance of World Patient Safety Day
Celebrated annually on September 17, World Patient Safety Day is a global initiative aimed at raising awareness and commitment to patient safety. The date highlights the importance of involving patients, families, healthcare professionals and public policies in creating a safe care environment. The WHO uses this platform to launch campaigns, share knowledge and promote concrete actions that can save lives.
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Strategies for Patient Safety
The report presents several key strategies for improving patient safety:
- Technical Improvements: Implementation of advanced technologies and standardized procedures to guarantee more accurate diagnoses and safe treatments.
- Education and Training: Ongoing training for healthcare professionals, focusing on updating the knowledge and skills needed to avoid errors.
- Decision Support Systems: The use of technological tools to help make clinical decisions, reducing the margin for error and improving results for patients.
- Safety Culture: Promoting an institutional culture that prioritizes patient safety, encouraging open communication and non-punishment in the event of errors, with a view to learning and continuous improvement.
- Patient and Family Engagement: Including patients and their families in the care process, ensuring that their voices are heard and their needs met safely and effectively.
- Monitoring and Evaluation: Development of continuous monitoring systems to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and identify areas in need of further improvement.
This report and the strategies presented are essential for building safer and more efficient health systems. Patient safety is a shared responsibility that requires the commitment of everyone involved in health care.
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For more information on the Global Patient Safety Report 2024 and the WHO's initiatives, visit the WHO's official website and follow the "Safe Diagnosis, Protected Patient" campaign, which will start on August 1 and run until September 17, culminating in the 2nd Congress on Accreditation and Quality in Diagnostic Medicine, which will be held virtually. During this period, information materials will be made available, promoting safety in diagnostic medicine, based on the Global Patient Safety Report 2024.
Together, we can ensure that every patient receives safe, quality care, because if it's not safe, it's not care.
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