Saudi Patient Safety Center: Patient Safety Caravan project

Summary

The Saudi Patient Safety Center works to reach the largest possible number of patients and their families while receiving healthcare by visiting them at the healthcare facility and talking to them and communicating the message of health empowerment and providing information that helps them to be an active patient in health care through the Patient Safety Caravan which is a virtual Caravan that includes group of people visiting patients and their families in hospitals (in inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, emergency departments , etc.) to increase patient safety awareness through empowering, educating, and supporting them.

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Objectives:

• To reach as many patients and families as possible to improve the safety of their healthcare encounters.
• To increase patient's safety level in the healthcare facilities and to ensure patients and families' participations in their treatment plan with healthcare providers.
• To raise volunteers' awareness about patient safety to share with patients and families.
• Collaborating with patients experience centers at hospitals to activate patient's empowerment concept through their daily duties.