Over the years there have been many suggestions offered by people in the healthcare industry on how to improve patient safety, but whether or not hospitals or healthcare executives are actually listening it’s hard to really tell.

1. FOR PATIENT SAFETY TO IMPROVE,
THESE 3 THINGS MUST HAPPEN FIRST

2. Over the years there have been many
suggestions offered by people in the healthcare
industry on how to improve patient safety, but
whether or not hospitals or healthcare
executives are actually listening it’s hard to
really tell.

3. There are quite a few organizations that are dedicated to
improving patient safety. The National Patient Safety
Foundation (NPSF) has been around since 1997.
Just recently the organization announced the creation of a
program called the NPSF Patient Safety Coalition, which is a
program to align stakeholders from across the continuum of
care in a unifying mission to make healthcare safer for all.

4. So what exactly will it take to
improve patient safety?

5. EVERYONE WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO BE ON THE SAME
PAGE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING A CHANGE TO IMPROVE PATIENT
SAFETY AND PREVENT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE . PEOPLE HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT IMPROVEMENT IS NECESSARY. EVEN HAVING A FEW
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT OPEN TO MAKING CHANGES CAN MAKE IT
THAT MORE CHALLENGING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE TO
ADVANCE TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF CARE.

6. EVERY SINGLE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WORKING WITHIN AN
ORGANIZATION MUST MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO PUT PATIENT
SAFETY FIRST ABOVE ALL. THROUGH MONTHLY MEETINGS,
NEWSLETTER, OR REMINDERS POSTED IN WORK AREAS, YOU CAN
KEEP THE IDEA OF PATIENT SAFETY AT THE FOREFRONT OF PEOPLE’S
MINDS ON A DAILY BASIS.

7. IT’S BEEN SAID THAT IT TAKES ABOUT 21 DAYS FOR CHANGE TO TAKE
PLACE, SO POSITIVE ACTIONS AND TASKS HAVE TO BE PERFORMED
DAILY TO TURN THEM INTO A HABIT. WHETHER IT’S A NEW WAY OF
ADMINISTERING MEDICATION OR A NEW WAY OF INTERACTING WITH
PATIENTS, THE FOCUS HAS TO BE DOING THESE TASKS WELL AND
DOING IT WITH EVERY PATIENT.

8. What are your thoughts about
improving patient safety?
Are there any tips that you
would add to this?

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