HM hospitals will start its patient safety Committee to establish preventive measures against potential risks and improve the quality of care.

-It is about creating safety culture ” in the field of health care, educating professionals in risk management, evaluating and, from there, to develop tools to identify potential risks and establish measures to prevent or reduce them through the implementation of safe practices

-improve safety in the use of medicines, unambiguous identification of the patient, the prevention of infections, falls, and pressure ulcers, or the control and maintenance of critical equipment, are some of the aspects that are most interested in at this moment

-in Spain, the national study of adverse effects (Aeneas) observed an incidence of adverse effects of 9.3 per cent, of which 42.6 percent were considered avoidable

-the main challenge posed by this area for the future is the creation of a system for notification of adverse events. A project of ambitious but essential, since the information that health professionals provide will serve as a source for the identification of problems, learning and solution thereof

Madrid, January of 2013- conscious work in patient safety is one of the priorities of HM hospitals, and that many activities were already carried out in this senseIn brief the group will operate their own patient safety Committee. In this way, they will be sorted and unify all the tasks that have been conducted so far and a unique platform from which to launch new initiatives in this field will be organized.

The Director of the Department of preventive medicine of HM hospitals, Dr. Leonor Antolín, explains that is about creating ‘ safety culture ’ in the field of health care, educating professionals in risk management, evaluating and, from there, to develop tools to identify potential risks and establish measures to prevent or reduce them through the implementation of safe practices whose effectiveness has been widely demonstrated ”.

And it is that since a patient comes into contact with a health care system, he faces risks that can definitely influence the course of their illness. Improve the safety in the use of medications, the unequivocal identification of the patient, the prevention of infections, falls, and pressure ulcers, or control and maintenance of critical equipment, are some of the aspects that most interest us at the moment ”, says Dr. Antolín.

The HM hospitals patient safety Committee will be chaired by Dr. Celia Moar, Director of hospital management of the group, and will count with the participation of those services or departments involved directly or indirectly in the management of risks, such as preventive medicine, pharmacy, emergency care to the patient, Anesthesiology and resuscitation, intensive care and/or Neonatology, quality, prevention of occupational risks and medical management.

The Director of the Department of preventive medicine declares that national and international studies have tried to measure the effects and adverse events related to assistance health and specifically in Spain, the national study of adverse effects (Aeneas) observed an incidence of adverse effects of 9.3 per cent, of which 42.6 percent were considered avoidable ”. To do so will be held regular meetings in which the lines of work to follow and which will be analyses, working groups, and protocols to implement will be established. will function as an advisory body to the address ”, points.

Improve security and quantify results

The existence of the Commission’s patient safety will allow that, by centralizing all actions aimed at improving safety, these are more effective ”, ensures Dr. Antolin, and adds that with the implementation of specific analysis tools can evaluate and quantify results ”.

Thus, the main challenge posed by this area for the future is the creation of a system for notification of adverse events. As emphasizes the specialist, is a project of ambitious but essential, since information that health professionals provide us will serve as the source for the identification of problems, learning and solution of the same ”.

For some time, eliminate or minimize hazards in health care has become one of the strategic objectives for major health organizations, so it the Constitution of this Commission’s patient safety in HM hospitals, with a working methodology and objectives similar to those developed in our environment, allows us to take advantage of the resources that are being developed, adapt to our reality and increase the safety of our patients ”, says Dr. Antolín. is a unit which requires collaboration and involvement of the entire group in order to disseminate and promote new activities that improve the quality of care ”, concludes.

HM hospitals

HM hospitals is formed by various companies that manage different private medical-surgical hospitals, which include HM University Madrid, HM College Montepríncipe, HM College Torrelodones, HM College Sanchinarro, HM new Bethlehem and Centro Integral oncological Clara Campal (CIOCC); all of them of great human and technical qualification.

Based on a Decalogue and the Hipocratico oath directed by physicians and with the aim of offering a quality medicine, the different centres of HM hospitals have endowed with advanced technology and more humane and better qualified staff.

All HM hospitals Centers operate in an integrated manner. To do this, a corporate structure with centralized services, there is as well as different tools of integral management. This allows a synergistic and complementary action of structures, services and facilities, with the maximum use of the human and technological resources.