After overcoming 40,000 views (and we are very
grateful to you) we chose to make a change.
The change is in our name: Segurança do Doente /
Patient Safety
We make this change consciously assuming the scope of
a larger concept
According to WHO
the simplest definition of patient safety “is the prevention of errors and adverse effects to
patients associated with health care. While health care has become more
effective it has also become more complex, with greater use of new
technologies, medicines and treatments. Health services treat older and sicker
patients who often present with significant co-morbidities requiring more and
more difficult decisions as to health care priorities. Increasing economic
pressure on health systems often leads to overloaded health care environments.
We also like the definition of LindaEmanuel (et. all), that says that “Patient safety is a discipline in
the health care sector that applies safety science methods toward the goal of
achieving a trustworthy system of health care delivery. Patient safety is also
an attribute of health care systems; it minimizes the incidence and impact of,
and maximizes recovery from, adverse events.”
We could share and discuss other definitions, but in
essence all of them refer to “safety healthcare”.
It is the sharing of this knowledge and experience, and
the path traveled, that we have done from day one, from the first
"post" on February 4, 2011.
And that's what we will continue to do.
Once again thank you all for reading us and spread the
"Patient Safety".
