Improving diagnosis for patient safety: Celebrating World Patient Safety Day
This year, “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” has been selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2024 to recognize the critical importance of correct and timely diagnosis in ensuring patient safety and improving health outcomes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), with most adults likely to face at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, substantial work needs to be done to improve the safety of diagnostic processes. This conviction became the driving force behind the slogan of the 2024 World Patient Safety Day: "Get it right, make it safe!”, advocating for a collaborative effort to significantly reduce diagnostic errors through multifaceted interventions rooted in systems thinking, human factors, and the active engagement of patients.
As a dedicated collaborator, SARAYA designed a series of posters that will help raise awareness of this day in your facilities. These posters are available for download below.
Campaign Objective:1. Raise global awareness of errors in diagnosis contributing to patient harm and emphasize the pivotal role of correct, timely and safe diagnosis in improving patient safety. 2. Give prominence to diagnostic safety in patient safety policy and clinical practice at all levels of health care, aligned with the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030. 3. Foster collaboration among policy-makers, health care leaders, health workers, patient organizations, and other stakeholders in advancing correct, timely and safe diagnosis. 4. Empower patients and families to actively engage with health workers and health care leaders to improve diagnostic processes. |
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