OECD work on patient safety

Summary

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries.

While healthcare quality is improving across many OECD members countries, patient safety remains a central policy concern. The OECD has worked for several years with countries to identify and promote strategies to support cross-national sharing and learning of patient safety. The OECD collaborate with the World Health Organization and other key international bodies concerned with improving patient safety globally. This brochure highlights key areas of OECD work on patient safety.