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🌍 World Patient Safety Day - Sep 17th 🌍 Today, we celebrate World Patient Safety Day, a day dedicated to ensuring that every patient receives the safest care possible. Because let’s face it, when it comes to healthcare, safety isn’t just a priority—it’s a necessity! 🔍 Theme for 2024: “Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety” 🔍 Accurate diagnosis is like finding the right key for a lock. Get it right, and everything clicks into place. Get it wrong, and, well, let’s just say it’s not the kind of surprise anyone wants! 💡 Why It Matters 💡 • Correct Treatment: Because treating a cold with a cast is just awkward • Early Detection: Catching issues early means fewer surprises down the road • Resource Efficiency: Saving time, money, and a few gray hairs • Trust: Building confidence in healthcare, one accurate diagnosis at a time • Patient Participation: When patients know what’s going on, they’re more likely to follow through (and less likely to Google their symptoms at 3 AM) So, let’s all take a moment to appreciate the incredible work healthcare professionals do every day to keep us safe. And remember, a little laughter is good for the heart—just make sure to get it checked out if it lasts too long! 😉 #WorldPatientSafetyDay #Healthcare #PatientSafety  #Curious #Learning #Leading

🚨 The Leapfrog Group's Fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grades Are Here! And there's a lot to celebrate! 🎉   🏆 Top Performers: For the third time in a row, Utah leads the nation with the highest percentage of “A” hospitals! Virginia, Connecticut, North Carolina, New Jersey, California, Rhode Island, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and South Carolina also made impressive showings. 🌟 📈 Safety Improvements: Big gains in reducing infections and improving hand hygiene and medication safety. 🧼💊 📉 Infection Rates Down: Central line infections down 38%, catheter infections down 36%, and MRSA down 34%! 🚑   However, there's always still work to be done… Let's continue to strive for excellence in healthcare and ensure patient safety remains a top priority. 💪    For more detailed information and to see how your state ranks, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org. Employers and plan sponsors don't forget to share this valuable resource with your plan members! #Healthcare #PatientSafety #LeapfrogGroup #HospitalSafetyGrades

Patient Safety Awareness Week is here, and at NCH, it's more than just a week – it's a cornerstone of our commitment to excellence. From stringent protocols to continuous education and training, we prioritize patient safety at every level of our organization. It's not just about what we do; it's about who we are: guardians of your health, advocates for your safety. #NCH

As we observe Canadian Patient Safety Week 2024, we reflect on the critical importance of safety in our healthcare system. This year’s theme, "Understanding Harm," encourages all of us—healthcare professionals, patients, and families—to actively engage in conversations about safety and harm reduction. We know that healthcare is an extremely complex environment, with care delivered by many people, across many areas, often with multiple transitions, and sometimes things can go wrong. At Brightshores Health System we are committed to fostering an environment where patient safety is paramount. We believe that we all play a part in patient safety! Our teams, physicians and patients & families are all essential. Technology, innovation, teamwork, collaboration, communication, psychological safety and empowering patients are all ingredients to help make a safer system. By understanding and addressing harm, we can create a safer healthcare environment for everyone. Let’s work together to prioritize safety and build a healthier future. Check out this link to learn more. https://lnkd.in/e34sfFA6 #PatientSafetyWeek #UnderstandHarm #HealthcareSafety #PatientCare

Celebrating Patient Safety Day – September 17 🏥 Today, we join the global community in recognizing Patient Safety Day, a crucial occasion dedicated to enhancing the safety and well-being of patients everywhere. 🏥✨ Patient safety is not just a responsibility but a commitment to ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of care without harm. As we reflect on this important day, let's reaffirm our dedication to: 🔹 Promoting a Culture of Safety 🔹 Supporting patients to be active participants in their own care and decisions. 🔹 Leveraging technology and evidence-based practices to improve safety and outcomes. Let’s take this opportunity to honor the tireless efforts of healthcare professionals and organizations working to make every patient’s journey safer. #PatientSafetyDay #Healthcare #PatientCare #SafetyFirst #HealthcareExcellence #ContinuousImprovement

Today is World Patient Safety Day. This year's 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 #patientsafety and improving health outcomes. It takes a #team to “Get it right, make it safe!”. A team where each member 📢 feels safe to speak up and advocate for the patient, 📞 where interdisciplinary communication is not hampered, and all voices are valued including the patients 🛑 where all members of the team feel accountable and believe safety is their job 📝 where individuals feel safe to report opportunities to improve 🔝 where leaders prioritize safety and act on opportunities reported Get it right, make it safe! #safetyculture #healthcareteams #obstetricsafety #WorldPatientSafetyDay  Adriane Burgess

To mark this year’s World Patient Safety Day, we’ve asked our colleagues, what patient safety means to them within their roles. Watch our series of short videos here https://ow.ly/fLKP50ToVzV to learn how patient safety is at the heart of all we do. 💙

Prioritizing Patient Safety: How Safe is Our Care? Patient safety isn't just a goal—it's a commitment. 🏥 1️⃣ How safe is our care? This question challenges us to examine the safety of our current practices. Are we preventing harm? Are there any risks or areas for improvement? It’s about understanding if we are meeting the highest standards of care to protect our patients. 2️⃣ How do we know? It’s not enough to assume safety—we need to measure it. This involves tracking data through incident reports, patient feedback, audits, and performance indicators. Only by collecting and analyzing this information can we truly know if our care is safe and where we can improve. By addressing these questions, we create a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring better outcomes and safer care for all. 💪 #PatientSafety #QualityCare #HealthcareExcellence #SafetyFirst #ContinuousImprovement #Healthcare

🌍World Patient Safety Day 2024| September 17th🏥 Today, we unite to highlight the critical importance of patient safety in healthcare. Ensuring that every patient receives safe, high-quality care is a global priority. 🔑Key Focus: Prevention of medical errors, fostering a culture of safety, and empowering both patients and healthcare workers to speak up for safety. Let’s work together to: ✅ Raise awareness ✅ Promote safer practices ✅ Advocate for transparency and accountability in healthcare Every step towards safer care is a step towards saving lives. Together, we can make healthcare safer for everyone. 💙 #WorldPatientSafetyDay #HealthcareSafety #PatientFirst #QualityCare #PatientEmpowerment

Today marks World Patient Safety Day - a campaign run by the World Health Organization 💚. The theme for this year is improving diagnosis for patient safety - and we all have a part to play. We are committed to helping you to deliver safer, more reliable care by supporting the development of safe culture and practices, from point-of care to board-level, using trusted, data-driven and cost-effective solutions that are co-designed to reduce avoidable harm. We also apply the latest patient safety thinking, use our extensive network and partnership with Patient Safety Learning to share real-world learning, and support engagement and co-production with service users. Discover more about how we inspire the best conditions for safer, more reliable care: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eAHYqxn4