Healthshare celebrates World Patient Safety Day

On World Patient Safety Day, the World Health Organization’s 2024 campaign hits very close to home – improving diagnosis for patient safety. WHO strives to raise awareness regarding the magnitude of diagnostic errors which account for nearly 16% of preventable harm across health systems. 🩺 A diagnostic error is the failure to establish a correct and timely explanation of a patient’s health problem, which can include delayed, incorrect, or missed diagnoses, or a failure to communicate that explanation to the patient – and most adults are likely to face at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime. Through the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”, WHO’s call to action is to reduce diagnostic errors through multifaceted interventions such as: complete patient history, thorough clinical examination, efficient processes, technology-based solutions, and engagement of patients, among others. 🩻 At the White Clinic diagnostics are, and always have been, at the forefront of our integrative healthcare approach. Why? Because a precise and advanced diagnosis is the only way to guarantee correct treatment planning and execution. How do we ensure the safety of diagnostic processes? We have one of the most comprehensive first consultations in the world 🟢 Our 7 Ts Treatment Concept: Test, Target, Think, Talk, Treat, Transform, Thrive 🟢 We always contemplate the mouth-body connection 🟢 Advanced technology for diagnostics 🟢 AI screening solutions 🟢 Multidisciplinary team 🟢 Gold standard safety & hygiene protocols 🟢 Over 24 years of solid experience This is how we promote patient health, safety and wellbeing. This is how we get it right. This is how we make it safe.

World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) 2024 World Patient Safety Day (WPSD), one of WHO’s global public health initiatives, continues its vital mission in 2024. Established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety” – this day is observed annually on 17 September. It is a pivotal event to promote global health and safety, firmly grounded in the core medical principle: “first, do no harm.” The day aims to raise public awareness, enhance global understanding, and foster solidarity and action among Member States to promote patient safety. Each year, a new theme is chosen to address a critical area in patient safety that demands urgent attention. WPSD 2024 Theme For 2024, the theme is “Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety,” recognizing the essential role of accurate and timely diagnoses in ensuring patient safety. The resolution WHA72.6 and the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030 underscore the importance of safeguarding diagnostic processes. The global action plan encourages countries to adopt strategies that minimize diagnostic errors. These errors, which can stem from a combination of cognitive and systemic factors affecting the recognition, interpretation, and communication of patients’ symptoms and test results, are a significant concern. A diagnostic error involves failing to provide a correct and timely explanation of a patient’s health issue, including delayed, incorrect, or missed diagnoses, or failing to communicate the diagnosis to the patient. Such errors account for nearly 16% of preventable harm in health systems, with most adults likely to encounter at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime. Thus, improving diagnostic processes is imperative. Under the slogan “Get it Right, Make it Safe!”, concerted efforts are sought to significantly reduce diagnostic errors through multifaceted interventions based on systems thinking, human factors, and active engagement of patients, their families, health workers, and health care leaders. These interventions include thorough patient history documentation, comprehensive clinical examinations, improved access to diagnostic tests, methods to measure and learn from diagnostic errors, and technology-based solutions. Objectives of World Patient Safety Day 2024 1. Raise Global Awareness 2. Promote Diagnostic Safety 3. Foster Collaboration 4. Empower Patients and Families Working Together for Safer Health Care Together, let’s make health care safer for everyone Beyond bounds Health Initiative for the Less Privileged (BBHI)

World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2024: “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” "Get it right, make it safe!" World Patient Safety Day, one of WHO’s global public health days, carries forward its mission into 2024. Established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety” and observed annually on 17 September, World Patient Safety Day is the cornerstone of action to promote global health and safety. It is firmly grounded in the fundamental principle of medicine – “first do no harm”. Its objectives are to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and work towards global solidarity and action by Member States to promote patient safety. Each year, a new theme is selected for World Patient Safety Day to highlight a priority patient safety area needing urgent and concerted action. Recognizing the critical importance of correct and timely diagnoses in ensuring patient safety, “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” has been selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2024. Resolution WHA72.6 and the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030 highlight the need for ensuring the safety of diagnostic processes. The global action plan encourages countries to adopt strategies that reduce diagnostic errors, which often arise from a combination of cognitive and system factors that impact the recognition of patients’ key signs and symptoms, and the interpretation and communication of their test results. A diagnostic error is the failure to establish a correct and timely explanation of a patient’s health problem, which can include delayed, incorrect, or missed diagnoses, or a failure to communicate that explanation to the patient. The magnitude of diagnostic errors is profound, accounting for nearly 16% of preventable harm across health systems. With most adults likely to face at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, substantial work needs to be done to improve the safety of diagnostic processes. Through the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”, WHO calls for concerted efforts to significantly reduce diagnostic errors through multifaceted interventions rooted in systems thinking, human factors and active engagement of patients, their families, health workers and health care leaders. These interventions include but are not limited to ascertaining complete patient history, undertaking thorough clinical examination, improving access to diagnostic tests, implementing methods to measure and learn from diagnostic errors, and adopting technology-based solutions. https://lnkd.in/eaVNXdbA

World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2024: “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” 17 September 2024 "Get it right, make it safe!" World Patient Safety Day is an opportunity to raise public awareness and foster collaboration between patients, health workers, policymakers and health care leaders to improve patient safety. This year the theme is “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” with the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”, highlighting the critical importance of correct and timely diagnosis in ensuring patient safety and improving health outcomes. A diagnosis identifies a patient’s health problem, and is a key to accessing the care and treatment they need. A diagnostic error is the failure to establish a correct and timely explanation of a patient’s health problem, which can include delayed, incorrect, or missed diagnoses, or a failure to communicate that explanation to the patient. Diagnostic safety can be significantly improved by addressing the systems-based issues and cognitive factors that can lead to diagnostic errors. Systemic factors are organizational vulnerabilities that predispose to diagnostic errors, including communication failures between health workers or health workers and patients, heavy workloads, and ineffective teamwork. Cognitive factors involve clinician training and experience as well as predisposition to biases, fatigue and stress. WHO will continue to work with all stakeholders to prioritize diagnostic safety and adopt a multifaceted approach to strengthen systems, design safe diagnostic pathways, support health workers in making correct decisions, and engage patients throughout the entire diagnostic process

World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2024: “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” "Get it right, make it safe!" World Patient Safety Day is an opportunity to raise public awareness and foster collaboration between patients, health workers, policymakers and health care leaders to improve patient safety. This year the theme is “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” with the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”, highlighting the critical importance of correct and timely diagnosis in ensuring patient safety and improving health outcomes. A diagnosis identifies a patient’s health problem, and is a key to accessing the care and treatment they need. A diagnostic error is the failure to establish a correct and timely explanation of a patient’s health problem, which can include delayed, incorrect, or missed diagnoses, or a failure to communicate that explanation to the patient. Diagnostic safety can be significantly improved by addressing the systems-based issues and cognitive factors that can lead to diagnostic errors. Systemic factors are organizational vulnerabilities that predispose to diagnostic errors, including communication failures between health workers or health workers and patients, heavy workloads, and ineffective teamwork. Cognitive factors involve clinician training and experience as well as predisposition to biases, fatigue and stress. WHO will continue to work with all stakeholders to prioritize diagnostic safety and adopt a multifaceted approach to strengthen systems, design safe diagnostic pathways, support health workers in making correct decisions, and engage patients throughout the entire diagnostic process. For more information, please refer to the World Patient Safety Day 2024 Announcement For further questions, please contact: [email protected]

The recent decision in Copenhagen to end the voluntary patient safety incident reporting system has drawn significant criticism—and rightfully so. As a professional deeply invested in improving healthcare systems and fostering a culture of patient safety, I find this decision concerning. Voluntary reporting systems are the cornerstone of patient safety initiatives. They empower healthcare professionals to share insights into adverse events, near misses, and systemic risks. These reports fuel national learning, enabling healthcare systems to identify trends, share best practices, and implement preventive measures on a broader scale. Ending this system disrupts the flow of critical information, leaving institutions to operate in silos. The Danish Health Minister’s defense—that local reporting and learning are sufficient—misses a critical point. Patient safety transcends individual hospitals and regions. Adverse events in one facility often point to vulnerabilities that exist across the healthcare continuum. National systems ensure these lessons are accessible to all, creating a unified approach to safeguarding patients. Moreover, local reporting, while valuable, often lacks the resources and analytical tools to drive systemic change. Without national oversight, there's a risk of inconsistent reporting standards and missed opportunities for improvement. In an era where healthcare systems are increasingly interconnected, the decision to fragment patient safety efforts feels like a step backward. It undermines the collective responsibility to learn, adapt, and protect patients at every level of care. Copenhagen’s plan serves as a cautionary tale for other nations. Instead of dismantling existing structures, we must strengthen them, fostering a culture where reporting is encouraged, data is leveraged, and patient safety is a shared priority. Patient safety isn’t just a local issue—it’s a global imperative. Let’s ensure our systems reflect that. Medblaze Link here:https://lnkd.in/gA6cnjFZ

“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕." The Charter outlines patients' rights in the context of safety and supports stakeholders in formulating legislation, policies, and guidelines for patient safety. Patient safety involves processes and cultures in health systems that minimize harm. Everyone has the right to safe health care as per international human rights standards. 1 in every 10 patients experience harm in healthcare; about 50% of this harm is preventable. Patient safety can be compromised due to avoidable errors such as unsafe surgical procedures, medication errors, mis- or late diagnosis, poor injection practices, unsafe blood transfusion and the onset of life-threatening infections such as sepsis and other health care-associated infections. Assuring patient safety in health care is a critical component in delivering the right to health. ----------- The fundamental patient safety rights outlined in the Charter are the right to: 1. Timely, effective and appropriate care 2. Safe health care processes and practices 3. Qualified and competent health workers 4. Safe medical products and their safe and rational use 5. Safe and secure health care facilities 6. Dignity, respect, non-discrimination, privacy and confidentiality 7. Information, education and supported decision making 8. Access medical records 9. To be heard and fair resolution 10. Patient and family engagement

Patient safety in the U.S. is in critical condition. The Leapfrog Group's Fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grade report sheds light on a troubling reality: patient safety challenges remain deeply entrenched in our healthcare system. While some hospitals have made strides, alarming disparities and preventable errors persist, leaving patients at risk. Key Areas of Concern ⬇️ State Disparities: States like Utah and Virginia lead with the highest percentage of "A" hospitals, yet others, such as Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont, have no hospitals achieving top safety grades. These gaps reveal a systemic failure to deliver consistent standards of care across the nation. Preventable Harm: Preventable errors—such as healthcare-associated infections, medication mistakes (like that of RaDonda Vaught) and failures in hand hygiene—continue to occur, often with devastating consequences for patients and families. A System Under Strain: The burden of these failures does not fall on healthcare professionals. Doctors, nurses, and staff work tirelessly under immense pressure, often in environments that lack the necessary support, resources, and infrastructure to ensure safe and reliable care. This is not an issue of individual negligence—it’s a systemic problem. Healthcare professionals are doing their best within a flawed framework that often sets them up for failure. The system itself needs a complete overhaul. As Leah Binder, President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, stated, “Preventable deaths and harm in hospitals have been a major policy concern for decades.” These issues are not just policy concerns—they are human tragedies. The people working on the frontlines of patient care deserve better tools, better systems, and better support—and so do the patients they serve.