How Does PS/QI Apply to Me?
I'm a healthcare professions student (medical, nursing, etc), how does PS/QI apply to me?
As a student (medical, nursing, dental, pharmacy, PA, healthcare administration, etc.), you may be wondering why you should be concerned with patient safety/quality improvement while you are in your training years. Isn't PS/QI something to worry about later? Simply put, once the book studying is over, patients and their health/well-being will be your primary concern. It is vital that you get the education now about PS and QI so that when you are stepping onto the wards, you can help foster and promote patient safety. You are the patient advocate.
Take an active role in ensuring your patient's safety and how to improve the system you work in so that there are no needless harms. Learn more about what patient safety is, how you can help improve the health care delivery system, and help make health care safer for everyone.
Take an active role in ensuring your patient's safety and how to improve the system you work in so that there are no needless harms. Learn more about what patient safety is, how you can help improve the health care delivery system, and help make health care safer for everyone.
I'm a healthcare provider, how does this apply to me?
As a healthcare provider, your top priority is improving the health of your patient. That includes making sure that you are helping to support the collaborative effort in health care delivery. Your role in communication and action is vital to your patient's safety and your own. As we move toward a healthcare system where all parties - healthcare providers and patients - are at the table for discussion regarding a patient's health care plan, it is important for you to speak up and take action where you see problems in the system.
To err is human. No one ever intends to do harm to their patients, but there are times when the system we work in create situations where mistakes can occur. Our current system often revolves around blame/punishment of an individual; however, this does nothing to solve the bigger problem: the system. We want you to help us create a culture where we examine the system to identify weaknesses and implement solutions to prevent future errors.
Take an active role in ensuring your patient's safety and how to improve the system you work in so that there are no needless harms. Learn more about what patient safety is, how you can help improve the health care delivery system, and help make health care safer for everyone.
To err is human. No one ever intends to do harm to their patients, but there are times when the system we work in create situations where mistakes can occur. Our current system often revolves around blame/punishment of an individual; however, this does nothing to solve the bigger problem: the system. We want you to help us create a culture where we examine the system to identify weaknesses and implement solutions to prevent future errors.
Take an active role in ensuring your patient's safety and how to improve the system you work in so that there are no needless harms. Learn more about what patient safety is, how you can help improve the health care delivery system, and help make health care safer for everyone.
I'm a patient, what does this mean to me?
As a patient, you play a vital role in your health care. Health care is a collaborative effort between the health care team and the patient (and his/her family); therefore, it is necessary for you to be an active participant in your own health care. Communication is a key component in bettering a patient's safety, and who better to help facilitate conversation and continuity of care than the person receiving the care?
Patients and their families often see and hear things that the health care provider team may not, so having that extra pair of eyes and ears is always helpful in keeping everything transparent and clear. Health care is personal - it is your well-being, your life, your safety. You should feel like you have the right to be part of the conversation.
Take an active role in ensuring your own safety. Learn more about what patient safety is, how you can help improve the health care delivery system, and help make health care safer for everyone.
Patients and their families often see and hear things that the health care provider team may not, so having that extra pair of eyes and ears is always helpful in keeping everything transparent and clear. Health care is personal - it is your well-being, your life, your safety. You should feel like you have the right to be part of the conversation.
Take an active role in ensuring your own safety. Learn more about what patient safety is, how you can help improve the health care delivery system, and help make health care safer for everyone.
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Check out our IHI San Antonio Facebook group to stay connected with us.
Questions? Comments? Contact us at [email protected]