Harper Government Takes Steps to Improve Patient Safety
Helping to prevent and reduce harm to Canadians
(firmenpresse) - EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/28/13 -- Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, attended the opening of Canada's Virtual Forum on Patient Safety and Quality to kick off Canadian Patient Safety Week and announce $38.1 million over five years in funding for the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) to help improve patient safety.
"We all have a role to play when it comes to patient safety," said Minister Ambrose. "Today's announcement will help lead to system wide change, by developing and sharing new knowledge and innovative best practices to reduce harm and improve the care Canadians receive."
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute will lead a new strategy to address key areas that will lead to better and faster improvements in patient safety. The strategy will initially focus on working with partners, including governments, healthcare practitioners and patients, to drive change in medication safety, surgical care safety, infection control and home care safety.
"The Canadian Patient Safety Institute interventions and programs help facilitate awareness, implementation, spread and sustainability of clinical quality improvement activities across all healthcare settings. Our Safer Healthcare Now! interventions reach thousands of Canadians every day, giving healthcare organizations the tools they need to prevent harmful incidents and to measure their progress," says Hugh MacLeod, CEO, CPSI. "We are also particularly proud of our efforts to make sure the needs of patients and their families are front and centre when action is taken on patient safety. Our patient-led program Patients for Patient Safety Canada uses real patient experiences to show the full impact that unsafe care can have on a patient's life."
See attached for more information on funding for the CPSI.
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Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Helping to prevent and reduce harm to Canadians
The Government of Canada is providing the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) with $38.1 million over five years to support work to improve the safety of healthcare that Canadians receive.
CPSI was created to provide leadership in building a culture of patient safety and quality improvement in the Canadian healthcare system.
This funding will support CPSI in continuing its work, which includes:
It will also support CPSI in leading the development of a new strategy that will identify priority patient safety areas most likely to lead to system-wide change and to work with its partners to increase the pace of safety improvements.
Since its creation in 2003, CPSI has successfully used federal funding to raise awareness of patient safety issues and drive the creation of a patient safety culture across the country, by:
For example:
Contacts:
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Michael Bolkenius
Office of the Honourable Rona Ambrose
Federal Minister of Health
(613) 957-0200
Health Canada
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Datum: 28.10.2013 - 15:23 Uhr
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