DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar Foundation, in partnership with Imperial College London, has announced its first event in the Leading Health Systems Network’s (LHSN) Safer Care Webinar Series ‘Involving the Patient in Safer Care.’
Taking place tomorrow, the webinar will discuss how placing patients at the centre of care and engaging them as full partners is essential for any patient safety effort. The featured speaker is Margaret Murphy (pictured), External Lead Advisor for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Patients for Patient Safety Programme, a network of 300 patient safety champions from 52 countries with 19 collaborating organisations.
Following the death of her son in 1999 as a result of medical error, Margaret Murphy has been actively involved as a patient safety advocate.
Though clinicians typically take the lead with regards to patient safety, it is imperative for patients and their families to remain involved and vigilant. As stated by Margaret Murphy, “You ignore at your peril the concerns of a mother.”
WISH is spearheaded by Qatar Foundation to inspire and diffuse healthcare innovation and best practice. It remains closely aligned to the vision and mission of QF to unlock human potential and reinforces Qatar’s pioneering role as an emerging centre for healthcare innovation.
WISH launched the LHSN Safer Care Accelerator Programme last month to share best practice and inspire health systems worldwide to provide safer care for patients.
Professor The Lord Darzi of Denham, Executive Chair of WISH, said, “Healthcare systems globally have increasingly recognised the importance of improving patient safety , however, despite a century of evolving practice, technology, and trillions of dollars in investment, the storyline is the same: heartbreaking stories caused by preventable harm . Through the Safer Care Accelerator, we hope to provide learnings, insights and recommendations to enable healthcare leaders and policymakers to better prioritise initiatives that will improve safety, experience and outcomes for patients, crucially saving lives and reducing the burden on healthcare budgets.”
The Safer Care Accelerator Programme is part of WISH and Imperial College London’s LHSN initiative.
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