Creating Optimal Healing Environments

2014 ◽  
pp. 84-100
Author(s):  
Terri Zborowsky ◽  
Mary Jo Kreitzer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Healing Environment ◽  
Care Processes ◽  
Healing Environments

Creating an optimal healing environment requires attentiveness to the built environment as well as care processes, culture, and competencies of care providers and leadership. There are over 1,000 studies that link the physical environment to outcomes such as health care quality, patient safety, reduction of stress and improvements in patient safety. Key design elements highlighted include access to nature, access to daylight, positive distractions, and the ambient environment.

HEALTHCARE QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY (HQPS): AN EXPERIENCE AT INDIAN HOSPITAL, MONUSCO, D R CONGO

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-35
Author(s):  
Sushil Kumar ◽  
PK Dash ◽  
Gurdarshdeep Singh Madan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Health Care Staff ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Quality Patient Care ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Quality And Patient Safety

Maintaining health care quality and patient safety standards are essential for providing high quality patient care while ensuring safety to both patient and health care staff. DHMOSH requires all UN medical establishments to comply with HQPS standards which are derived from JCI specication. Our hospital is highest eld medical echelon in the UN. Patient safety and health care quality is not a destination but a continuous journey and this article intends to share the journey of the hospital through challenges faced, undergoing course correction and nally successfully undergoing HQPS assessment during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Provision of Social Services and Health Care Quality in US Community Health Centers, 2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Kranz ◽  
Ammarah Mahmud ◽  
Denis Agniel ◽  
Cheryl Damberg ◽  
Justin W. Timbie
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Provision Of Services

Objectives. To describe the types of social services provided at community health centers (CHCs), characteristics of CHCs providing these services, and the association between on-site provision and health care quality. Methods. We surveyed CHCs in 12 US states and the District of Columbia during summer 2017 (n = 208) to identify referral to and provision of services to address 8 social needs. Regression models estimated factors associated with the provision of social services by CHCs and the association between providing services and health care quality (an 8-item composite). Results. CHCs most often offered on-site assistance for needs related to food or nutrition (43%), interpersonal violence (32%), and housing (30%). Participation in projects with community-based organizations was associated with providing services on-site (odds ratio = 2.48; P = .018). On-site provision was associated with better performance on measures of health care quality (e.g., each additional social service was associated with a 4.3 percentage point increase in colorectal cancer screenings). Conclusions. Some CHCs provide social services on-site, and this was associated with better performance on measures of health care quality. Public Health Implications. Health care providers are increasingly seeking to identify and address patients’ unmet social needs, and on-site provision of services is 1 strategy to consider.

Improving Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Through Peer-to-Peer Assessment: Demonstration Project in Two Academic Medical Centers

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 472-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Mort ◽  
Jeffrey Bruckel ◽  
Karen Donelan ◽  
Lori Paine ◽  
Michael Rosen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Massachusetts General Hospital ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Johns Hopkins Hospital ◽  
Patient Harm

Despite decades of investment in patient safety, unintentional patient harm remains a major challenge in the health care industry. Peer-to-peer assessment in the nuclear industry has been shown to reduce harm. The study team’s goal was to pilot and assess the feasibility of this approach in health care. The team developed tools and piloted a peer-to-peer assessment at 2 academic hospitals: Massachusetts General Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital. The assessment evaluated both the institutions’ organizational approach to quality and safety as well as their approach to reducing 2 specific areas of patient harm. Site visits were completed and consisted of semistructured interviews with institutional leaders and clinical staff as well as direct patient observations using audit tools. Reports with recommendations were well received and each institution has developed improvement plans. The study team believes that peer-to-peer assessment in health care has promise and warrants consideration for wider adoption.

scholarly journals Quality of health care and patient safety in extreme adversity settings in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a qualitative multicountry assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
Mondher Letaief ◽  
Sheila Leatherman ◽  
Linda Tawfik ◽  
Ahmed Alboksmaty ◽  
Matthew Neilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Quality Of Health Care ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Quality And Patient Safety

Background: Quality and patient safety are essential for the provision of effective health care services. Research on these aspects is lacking in settings of extreme adversity. Aims: This study aimed to explore the perception of health care stakeholders working in extreme adversity settings of the quality of health care and patient safety. Methods: This was a qualitative study conducted through semistructured interviews with 26 health care stakeholders from seven countries of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Region which are experiencing emergencies. The interviews explored the respondents’ perspectives of four aspects of quality and patient safety: definition of the quality of health care, challenges to the provision of good quality health care in emergency settings, priority health services and populations in emergency settings, and interventions to improve health care quality and patient safety. Results: The participants emphasized that saving lives was the main priority in extreme adversity settings. While all people living in emergency situations were vulnerable and at risk, the respondents considered women and children, poor and disabled people, and those living in hard-to-reach areas the priority populations to be targeted by improvement interventions. The challenges to quality of health care were: financing problems, service inaccessibility, insecurity of health workers, break down in health systems, and inadequate infrastructure. Respondents proposed interventions to improve quality, however, their effective implementation remains challenging in these exceptional settings. Conclusions: The interventions identified can serve as a basis for improvements in health care quality that could be adapted to extreme adversity settings.

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