Maryland Patient Safety Center’s Post

World Patient Safety Day, 17th September This year’s theme is “Listen, diagnose, understand: working together for patient safety. Find out more about the resources available⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ehQmaPY6 #WPSD2024 

Carrying on with this week’s recognition of World Patient Safety Day, and the theme ‘Get it Right, Make it Safe’ Tracey Cammish, our Patient Safety and Clinical Intelligence Lead, shares her blog on how “ patient safety is not just a thing that we do, it is a foundational principle of how we do business” with an example of responding, investigating and learning from a recent Patient Safety issue. Read it here: https://ow.ly/Y9Gz50TpRpL #WorldPatientSafetyDay2024

🎙️ Patient, your voice is the key to better care! #WorldPatientSafetyDay Remember: 🗣️ Talk openly about your symptoms ❓ Ask your doctor about anything that concerns you or if you don't understand something 🤝 Share your experiences to work together to improve diagnosis and patient safety. How can you get involved? Prepare for your doctor's appointment 🧡 Take part in local initiatives on September 17 📢 Share your story and inspire others Correct diagnosis is the foundation for effective treatment. Let's work together with doctors to “Get it right, make it safe!”*(1). Let's take care of each other. * World Patient Safety Day, established by WHO this year, focuses on the theme of improving diagnosis for patient safety with the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”. The event aims to raise public awareness and commitment to patient safety, with a special focus on the role of correct and timely diagnosis (1). (1) https://bit.ly/4glJsy1

Taking a trauma-informed communication approach in investigating and interacting with licensees can work to ensure patient safety. Learn more about the value of this approach at tomorrow's presentation at the FSMB Annual Meeting in Nashville: https://bit.ly/4b0rldw #FSMBAM2024

On World Patient Safety Day 2024, our National Medical Director Dr Paul Hughes explains how patient safety is at the heart of everything we do here at Operose Health. You can read more about his thoughts here ➡ https://lnkd.in/eBfy2Eru

Today is World Patient Safety Day: for global solidarity and concerted action by all countries and international partners to improve patient safety. Find out more about patient safety with Physiopedia 👉 https://lnkd.in/dWhigWDM #WorldPatientSafetyDay

The WHO Global Patient Safety Report 2024 is a call to action! This report provides a crucial look at the current state of patient safety worldwide. Let's work together to prioritize patient well-being. #patientsafety https://lnkd.in/dvUfnNKK

Ready to broaden your understanding of healthcare harm? We sure are! We’ve even made it the theme for Canadian Patient Safety Week 2024. Learning to think about harm from the perspective of the person experiencing it is an important step in reducing it. Download our Rethinking Patient Safety discussion guide here to find out why: https://lnkd.in/gZ6UshGN #CPSW2024

As the evaluator of the Action Series and CPSW (past and present) I can say there is truly so much to gain as an individual and organization by rethinking patient safety. 

To celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week, I am reposting our submission from the 8th International Best Practice Competition in 2022. Our entry, the Good Catch Program: Your Key to Patient Safety, received a 6-Star rating and Pioneer in Excellence Award. Full Video: https://lnkd.in/d8EHZxYs #GoodCatchProgram #PatientSafetyAwarenessWeek