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Patient safety is the focus of an innovative online-learning programme that was inaugurated at SEHA facilities in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi earlier this month. The programme was developed by SEHA in collaboration with Johns Hopkins’ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), the global arm of Baltimore, USA-based Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), as part of an agreement that was signed in January 2012.
“Whenever patients entrust their care to us, they have the right to expect an excellent standard of health care, delivered in a safe and efficient manner,” said Dr. Ali Abdul Kareem Al Obaidli, Chief Clinical Officer,Clinical Affairs Division , SEHA. “SEHA is committed to providing the best healthcare services to the patients of the UAE. JHI and the Armstrong Institute are well-known for their successful track record in working with medical institutions in the United States and around the world to improve the safety of patient care. We believe that our joint work is essential to our commitment and success in this area.”
SEHA has selected 40 participants including medical and nursing staff, technicians and management, to initially complete the programme, which is designed to enhance their skills and knowledge of patient safety best practices. Participants will learn how to identify and patient safety risks posed by a complex healthcare delivery system and how to integrate safety principles into their day-to-day activities as a team.
In addition to the online programme, physicians , nursing staff and Senior Leadership from SEHA’s health facilities will participate in patient safety workshops led by a team of experts from the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality during an on-site visit on May 13-16. The workshops will focus on how to improve patient care and teamwork and safety culture to eliminate preventable harm. Armstrong Institute faculty members Sean Berenholtz, M.D., and Chris Goeschel, Sc.D., international project manager Hanan Edrees, M.H.S.A., and Bernadette Kelly Clinical Quality Manager, SEHA will lead the on-site workshops.
“Like Johns Hopkins, SEHA is clearly committed to improving patient safety and advancing the science of how to deliver health care safely,” says Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality, JHM, and Director of the Armstrong Institute. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to share our knowledge and expertise with our colleagues in the UAE,” he added.
The Armstrong Institute is internationally known for the development of a five-step checklist that, coupled with a program of culture-change in intensive care units, can dramatically reduce the number of central line-associated bloodstream infections. This program — already implemented across the United States, in Puerto Rico, Spain and the United Kingdom — is believed to have saved thousands of lives and millions of healthcare dollars.
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