PAN Conversation: The Changing views of Patient Safety Monday, October 23rd

[Sandra Holdsworth]

Hello PAN members!

You are invited to join our PAN Conversation (our new name for PAN Parle) and share your views on The Changing views of Patient Safety.

DATE: Monday, October 23, 2023

TIME: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Please check your time zones to be sure to connect at 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

RSVP: Register here

Any questions email hello@patientadvisors.ca

Please review this Blog Post done by Health Excellence Canada for World Patient Safety Day held September 17th featuring our PAN Board Chair, Alies Maybee.

Working together to improve patient safety

By Alies Maybee (Patient Advisors Network), Kathy Kovacs Burns (Patients for Patient Safety Canada), and Adrienne Zarem (Healthcare Excellence Canada)

As World Patient Safety Day approaches on September 17, this year’s theme of “Engaging Patients for Patient Safety” highlights the vital role patients, families and essential care partners play in the safety of healthcare. In the spirit of this year’s theme, we as patient partners are sharing our reflections and identifying opportunities to make care as safe and high-quality as possible.

Our healthcare system depends on everyone, at all levels, working together to provide safe and high-quality care. We know when we work together, our outcomes improve and we have more positive experiences in the system. We also know staff feel more positive about their work when they engage meaningfully with us. Many patients receive safe and high-quality care, and we hope this type of collaborative care centered on our needs continue to spread.

But we are not naïve. Our systems remain unsafe. We know many patients also experience harm, both physical and psychological, across all parts of the health system. Our current approach to patient safety has brought us only so far. We need to think and act differently. Everyone has a role to play in patient safety. To create a safer system, it is essential to engage with us meaningfully and consistently as partners.

A shared responsibility
Care isn’t a one-sided journey. We see how shifting the system from care designed for patients to care designed with patients improves outcomes, enhances experiences, and fosters trust and relationships between patients and the care team.

See remaining Blog Post HERE