Building a European network for change
A European Union project is raising the bar on quality and patient safety by encouraging EU member states to share good practice to help countries develop patient safety programmes with support for those that are less advanced.
A three-year project, the European Union Network for Patient Safety and Quality of Care focuses on two areas of work: first, identifying just a few evidence-based safety interventions to pilot in a limited number of healthcare organisations across the EU and second, exchanging wider good practice through an EU-wide database.
To gather the good practice, the team is conducting a detailed literature review, supported by extensive input from professionals working on the ground. So far, they have amassed more than 350 clinical examples to improve patient safety and more than 120 organisational examples for quality improvement. The next step is to develop the database, from which each national body will select one or two practices to promote within its country.
Websites: Health Foundation Building a European network for change and the European Union Network for Patient Safety and Quality of Care