The Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative

Rashid Al Abri

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Dr Rashid Al Abri
Professor & Senior Consultant ORL

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Abstract

          The Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative (PSFHI) aims to address the burden of unsafe care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It helps institutions in countries of the Region to launch comprehensive patient safety programmes, with assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO).

          The PSFHI is a systematic evaluation process for hospitals, using international best practice standards. It combines self-assessment with guidance from external experts, and desk research with site visits and interviews. WHO recommends that hospitals repeat the external evaluation every three years. In Oman this initiative started In 2016 as one of the patient safety projects with 4 hospitals (2 Govt and 2 private hospitals). Now Almost 90% of the main hospitals in Oman are taking part in the Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative to improve safety in public and private hospitals nationwide. This improves service delivery to support UHC. In this presentation will discuss the benefits and challenges of this process.

Biography

Professor & Senior Consultant ORL
ENT Division, Department of Surgery
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Area of Interest: ENT (ORL) , Quality & Patient Safety, Medical Education
Visiting Researcher (Professor), University of Plymouth, UK
Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Quality and Patient Safety Training, MoH