Patient Safety Priorities | 12 CME

Course details

Hundreds of thousands of patients are harmed or die each year due to unsafe practices in healthcare organizations. Unexpectedly, such unsafe healthcare practices have shifted up medical error to be the third leading cause of death in the USA (251,454 patients die in hospitals each year) as per published literature review in the BMJ in May 2016. Understanding the patient safety principles and implementing the healthcare safety priorities is the first step towards improving patient care and saving patient life. This Patient Safety Priorities Workshop is tailored to provide positive insight on Patient safety and the essential practices to cultivate patient safety culture in the healthcare organization, works toward excellence and finally identifying and minimizing potential risks in healthcare practices.


Learning objectives

• To illustrate the Current Healthcare Epidemic of Patient Safety
• To identify the  Safety Targets of the Agency for Healthcare Research and  Quality (AHRQ)
• To identify the current Required Organizational Practices (ROPs) of Accreditation Canada 
• To Recognize the International patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) of the Joint Commission International (JCI)
• To illustrate the Essential Safety Requirements (ESRSs) of The Saudi Central board for healthcare Institutions (CBAHI)
• To learn how to achieve patient safety culture
• To learn the important risky area in healthcare communications
• Identify the patient safety issues in medication management
• To identify the high priority inherent risks in healthcare services
• To learn how to develop a prospective  strategy to prevent medical errors in the future

Course will cover
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• Current Healthcare Epidemic of medical error 
• Types and common venues of medical errors
• Strategy to achieve patient safety 
• The  18 Safety Targets of the Agency for Healthcare Research and  Quality (AHRQ)
• The Required Organizational Practices (ROPs) of Accreditation Canada 
• The International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) of the Joint Commission International (JCI)
• The Essential Safety Requirements (ESRSs) of The Saudi Central board for healthcare Institutions (CBAHI)
• How to achieve patient safety culture
• The important risky area in healthcare communications
• The patient safety issues in medication management
• The high priority inherent risks in healthcare services
• How to develop a prospective  strategy to prevent medical errors in the future

Updated on 20 October, 2019