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Content ArticleUnsafe healthcare is a well-recognised issue internationally and is attracting attention in India as well. Drawing upon the various efforts that have been made to address this issue in India and abroad, Madock et al. explore how we can accelerate developments and build a culture of patient safety in the Indian health sector. Using five international case studies, the authors describe the experiences of promoting patient safety in various ways to inform future developments in India. The authors offer a roadmap for 2020, which contains suggestions on how India could build a culture of patient safety
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Content ArticleThis study from Landefeld et al., published in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine, looks at the perceptions of healthcare providers about barriers to improved patient safety in the Indian state of Kerala. Five focus group discussions were held with 16 doctors and 20 nurses across three institutions (primary, secondary and tertiary care centers) in Kerala, India and transcripts were analysed by thematic analysis.
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Content ArticleThis document “Resumption of hospital services after lockdown” provides a comprehensive set of action plans and key guidelines to be followed in the context of continuous hospital preparedness. It specifically addresses the action plan in India for resuming of services, in the safest and most effective manner to safeguard both patients and healthcare worker.
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Content ArticlePatient safety has been increasingly recognised as an issue of global importance. To overcome this issue,Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has taken an initiative for patient safety by introducing a National Patient Safety Implementation Framework (NPSIF), which positions patient safety as fundamental element of healthcare. NPSIF is intended to be adopted by both, public and private, sectors to address the various issues arising while providing qualitative healthcare services.
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Content ArticleAdverse events are among the most heavily scrutinised parts of the covid-19 vaccine process. But India’s system was woefully unprepared for this, leaving families confused, sowing vaccine hesitancy in communities, while robbing the system of valuable data, reports Priyanka Pulla in this BMJ feature.