The IIHMR University Observes World Patient Safety Day

Drives an Awareness for Quality Management and Patient Safety in Hospitals

Editor’s Synopsis: ·         The IIHMR University designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for District Health System Based on Primary Health Care ·         Management Development Program conducted for Quality Management & Patient Safety ·         One in Ten Patients is Harmed Due to Preventable Causes while Receiving Healthcare ·         Disability More Common Cause for Loss of Healthy Life than Death

Jaipur, 9^th December, 2014: Patient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse healthcare events. To converge this practice one of the globally recognized and leading healthcare research organizations’ of the country, the IIHMR University, observed the World Patient Safety Day on 9^th December, 2014. The University conducted an awareness campaign to spread the word amongst medical fraternity dealing directly with patients and their biggest threat worldwide on unsafe medical care.   

Dr. S.D Gupta, President of IIHMR University said, “Patient Safety is of prime importance due to an increasing number of patient safety issues. Globally, more than 23 million years of healthy lives are lost every year, also known as Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) or the sum of years of potential life lost due to ill-health, disability or early death. According a recent research given by an Indian Doctor from the Harvard Public School about 43 million people are injured worldwide each year due to unsafe medical care. It has been identified that 234 million surgeries are conducted each year out of which the death rate is nearly 10% for major surgeries in developing countries.”

At IIHMR Campus, nearly 100 students and 25 faculties and other staff members organised a human chain in a shape of Red Cross to create awareness amongst all the medical fraternities and hospitals to bring in the best possible healthcare facilities and safety models to reduce the number of injuries caused to the patients every year. Additionally, few students also shared their research on Patient Safety under various themes – Medication Safety, Safety Goals and Patient for Patient Safety.

It is found that about two-third of injuries and harm to the patients occurs in low-and-middle income countries especially in India. The number of DALYs lost has been more than twice as high in low-and-middle income countries that is about 15.5 million as it was in the high income countries which comprises of 7.2 million.

IIHMR University has been conducting a Management Development Program and WHO Fellowship Training Programmes on Patient Safety in Hospitals which highlights quality assurance and audit programmes reviews that have been adopted in various hospitals along with how care is delivered and compare it to a set of explicit criteria to determine whether standards are being met and how care can be improved.