Ministry of Health and Prevention Hosts Regional Conference to Ensure Better Healthcare and Patient Safety
The Ministry of Health and Prevention, represented by its High quality and Healthcare Accreditation Department, recently arranged the 'Regional Conference for Sharing Best Practices in Implementing International Top quality & patient Security Requirements.' in existence of H.E. Dr. Youssif Al Serkal, Assistant Undersecretary for Hospitals Field, H.E. Dr. Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Policy and Licensing of the Ministry of Health & Prevention, H.E. Awadh Seghayer Al Ketbi, Assistant Undersecretary for Support Services, and representatives from the International Institute for Quality in Health, King Fahd Professional Health center in Saudi Arabia, Dubai Health Authority, Abu Dhabi Health Authority, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, Dubai Medical care City, and local and Middle East hospitals.
H.E. Dr. Al Serkal described the occasion as an essential regional platform enabling exchanges of knowledge, ideal methods, and local and regional experiences in health care and patient security. The Ministry has been executing key initiatives in a proposal to provide first-rate local health services, improve medical care according to finest global criteria, and boost the variety of UAE healthcare facilities with worldwide accreditations according to the National Agenda 2021.
H.E. added that the Ministry continuouslies boost the residential health field's global competition through policy, procedure, and procedure advancement, execution of finest methods, and adoption of international certification standards to enhance health services. The Ministry likewise makes certain person safety with execution of evidence-based approaches to acquire openness during the process of accreditation and application of international standards.
"We are pleased to host this regional conference arranged to promote high quality education in health care, get rid of challenges, and make clear the essentials and implies to guarantee optimum compliance of doctor with global criteria for far better health care services and client safety in the region," H.E. Dr. Al Serkal said.
The conference important vital healthcare issues; offered a deep understanding of best techniques in the health care field; and showcased communication techniques to improve individual safety and security and top quality. It also shed light on around the world accepted contagious disease and drug monitoring; the implementation and guidance of antibiotic program created to boost client safety and security; and key integrated danger analysis techniques, consisting of facility monitoring and safety and security - infection control - threat management. The guests likewise took a more detailed look at job-related health and security program; information management and information protection; and existing tools made to enhance person experience, emphasize patient legal rights, and integrate modern technology to lower medical facility infections and medical errors.
On the other hand, Dr. Zakaria Al Attal, Director of High quality and Performance Administration, said that several scientific research studies still suggest that a variety of patients globally experience infections as a result of absence of appropriate client safety and security methods. The latest research released in Could 2016 by the Johns Hopkins Group confirmed that more than 250,000 patients were subjected to problems that might be avoided if the worried health centers applied crucial patient safety measures. The meeting was held to promote ideal methods and success stories that support high quality enhancement and person safety in hospitals. A number of global initiatives could be applied in regional hospitals to earn them safer for patients and their family members.
The conference included presentation of numerous working papers on determined actions with reliable influence on medical care top quality and client safety and security, consisting of application of emotional knowledge in the stipulation of clinical solutions. The lecturers were Dr. Barbara Veren, President, Sheikh Khalifa Healthcare facility Group, Ajman; Dr. Howard Podolsky, Executive Director, Cambridge Medical and Rehab Facility, that dealt with 'Leadership Role in the Application of High quality and Client Security Specifications;' and Jane Griffith, Nursing Manager, DHA Safety Program, that spoke about 'Details Management and Medical diagnosis.' Various other key topics were worldwide ideal practices in patient safety, application of infection control criteria, and safety standards for health centers and workers.
