Patient Safety
FACTORS AFFECTING PATIENT SAFETY AS PERCEIVED BY
STAFF NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITALS IN METRO MANILA
I. INTRODUCTION
A) BACKGROUND
“The biggest challenge to moving toward a safer health system is changing the culture from one of blaming individuals for errors to one in which errors are treated not as personal failures, but as opportunities to improve the system and prevent harm.”
- Institute of Medicine ‘99
Issues related to a lack of patient safety have been reported for decades. During the first decade of the 21st century, there has been a national focus on improving patient safety. Patient safety is a global issue, affecting countries at all levels of development and is one of the nation's most pressing health care challenges. According to the Institute of Medicine (1999), they have estimated that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as the result of lapses in patient safety. Estimates of the size of the problem on this are scarce particularly in developing countries; it is likely that millions of patients worldwide could suffer disabling injuries or death every year due to unsafe medical care.
Healthcare institutions are becoming more aware of the importance of transforming organizational culture in order to improve patient safety. Growing interest in a culture of safety has been accompanied by the need for perception of health care workers on the aspects of patient safety improvement efforts.
International accrediting bodies such as the Joint Commission International (2009) stated that almost 50 percent of their standards are directly related to safety. Beforehand, they have already established National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) in 2002 to help organizations address specific areas of concern in regards to patient safety.
In the Philippines, we have the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or better known as PhilHealth that accredits hospitals. Since the start of 2010, all institutions shall be
STAFF NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITALS IN METRO MANILA
I. INTRODUCTION
A) BACKGROUND
“The biggest challenge to moving toward a safer health system is changing the culture from one of blaming individuals for errors to one in which errors are treated not as personal failures, but as opportunities to improve the system and prevent harm.”
- Institute of Medicine ‘99
Issues related to a lack of patient safety have been reported for decades. During the first decade of the 21st century, there has been a national focus on improving patient safety. Patient safety is a global issue, affecting countries at all levels of development and is one of the nation's most pressing health care challenges. According to the Institute of Medicine (1999), they have estimated that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as the result of lapses in patient safety. Estimates of the size of the problem on this are scarce particularly in developing countries; it is likely that millions of patients worldwide could suffer disabling injuries or death every year due to unsafe medical care.
Healthcare institutions are becoming more aware of the importance of transforming organizational culture in order to improve patient safety. Growing interest in a culture of safety has been accompanied by the need for perception of health care workers on the aspects of patient safety improvement efforts.
International accrediting bodies such as the Joint Commission International (2009) stated that almost 50 percent of their standards are directly related to safety. Beforehand, they have already established National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) in 2002 to help organizations address specific areas of concern in regards to patient safety.
In the Philippines, we have the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or better known as PhilHealth that accredits hospitals. Since the start of 2010, all institutions shall be
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