World Patient Safety Day
“Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety”
This year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the theme of World Patient Safety Day as ‘Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety’. This theme, which stands out with the slogan ‘Get it right, make it safe’, emphasises the importance of accurate, timely and safe diagnosis in healthcare services.
Diagnostic errors can cause serious harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment and providing unnecessary or harmful treatment. Therefore, improving diagnostic processes is critical for patient safety
Diagnostic Errors?
Delayed Diagnosis: Damage caused by failure to diagnose the disease in the early stages..
Misdiagnosis: Improper treatment of the patient due to misdiagnosis.
Missed Diagnosis: Failure to diagnose the disease and therefore failure to treat it. Correct diagnosis is very important to determine the right treatment. An incorrect or delayed diagnosis can lead to the patient not receiving the necessary medical care in time, which can lead to further health problems or complications. Unnecessary treatment or the prescription of non-essential medication can lead to significant health risks.
That's an accurate diagnosis,
It enables early detection of diseases. This can help treat serious health problems at an early stage, which increases the chances of recovery and reduces healthcare costs.
Helps to use resources more efficiently. Elements such as time, staff, equipment and financial resources can be used more effectively when the diagnosis is correct.
It helps patients to maintain trust in the health system and health professionals. Loss of trust leads to uncertainty, dissatisfaction and less adherence to medical instructions. When patients realise that their diagnosis is correct, they are more willing to actively participate in their own health care. This includes following treatment plans, implementing lifestyle changes and co-operating with the treatment team.
OUR GOALS
Reducing Diagnostic Errors: Raising awareness and integrating the diagnostic safety process into our procedures to reduce diagnostic errors.
Ensuring Diagnostic Safety: To emphasise the importance of accurate, timely and safe diagnosis at all levels of health services we provide.
Patient and Family Participation: Ensuring the active participation of patients and families in diagnostic processes and taking their opinions and feedback into consideration.
Effective Teamwork / Communication: To ensure effective communication and co-operation between health professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Training and Awareness: To provide training to our healthcare professionals on the safety and importance of diagnosis.
Technology Usage: Integrating advanced technology solutions into our systems to improve diagnostic processes, utilising decision support mechanisms.
Ensuring Safety Culture: To make a culture that encourages voluntary reporting of diagnostic errors or near misses, away from blame and punishment, learning from mistakes and developing approaches to reduce them, part of the organisation.
We care about and improve diagnostic safety to ensure that our patients receive the right and safe treatment and care services.
We are stronger together.
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