Health Outcomes and Patient Safety (HOPS)
No one should be harmed in healthcare
And yet …
134 million
adverse events occur each year due to unsafe care in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries, contributing to 2.6 million deaths annually
15%
of hospital expenses can be attributed to treating patient safety failures in OECD countries
4 out of 10
patients are harmed in the primary and ambulatory settings; up to 80% of harm in these settings can be avoided
‘a world in which no person is harmed in health care, and everyone receives safe and respectful care, every time, everywhere’
By hands-on work, volunteering, advocacy and financial input many of us are engaged in programmes that aim to provide safe and respectful healthcare to everyone everywhere.
We are also able to draw on the vast resources of Rotary International – one of the world’s largest service organisations.
With over 1.2 million members in about 200 countries Rotary members make a huge difference to people’s lives by improving literacy, water supply, sanitation facilities and by providing economic opportunities. Good and safe healthcare can only be delivered when all these elements come together and work in symbiotically.
The ability to have a ‘holistic’ approach to health improvement gives us a unique ability to e align our efforts with WHO’s Global Patient Safety Plan 2021-2030 to ‘achieve the highest quality health services in a safe environment for patients and health care workers’.
World Patient Safety Day
World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019 by the World Health Assembly to highlight the fundamental principle of medicine – first do no harm.
Each year a theme is selected to shed light on a priority area critical to patient safety and ultimately the achievement of universal health coverage.
The 2021 theme is “Safe maternal and new-born care”.
We’ve staked our claim to be partners in this global campaign.
ZERO BLAME, ZERO HARM, OUR GLOABAL CAMPAIGN
Our mission
Provide support to achieve the highest quality health services in a safe environment for patients and health care workers.
Our Vision
A world in which no patient is harmed in health care, and everyone receives safe and respectful care, every time, everywhere.
Our goals
- Help Improve Outcomes of Care in Addition to Processes of Care
- Engage Patients and Families
- Support the Rotary Foundation’s Goals to Achieve Sustainable Development Through Quality and Clinical Governance
- Make Available Quality and Safety Improvement Resources for Rotary Funded Projects
Poor infrastructure and overcrowding are impediments to safe healthcare. The photos on this page show a 120 bed Government hospital, which benefitted by support from Rotarians.
