Summary
The first global experts’ consultation for the development of the WHO Leaders Guide on Patient Safety and Quality of Care in Service Delivery took place 20-21 March 2014. Over 25 experts from around the world in the areas of health care management, financing, patient safety and quality of care gathered at WHO to address the global need for strengthening leadership capacity to deliver safe and quality health services.
A draft Leadership Competencies Framework on Patient Safety and Quality of Care was developed by WHO through a literature search and analysis of findings, which was debated by participating experts and formed the basis for:
- technical discussions during the consultation;
- agreement on the competencies necessary for enhancing leaders’ capacity to prioritize and direct the delivery of safe and quality health services;
- agreement on the learning topics/chapters and content of the Leaders’ Guide.
Content
The Framework identifies the competencies and areas necessary for organisational leadership and management of health services, acknowledging there should be a balance between three domains:
- Personal attributes.
- Core functions of leadership: competencies relating to a leader’s ability to set direction and know how to prepare an organisation for safe and effective service delivery.
- Ability to ‘Execute’/Mise-en-place: competencies relating to a leader’s ability to create enabling environments, systems, processes and mechanisms, and to empower people for delivering patient-centered, quality and safe services.
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