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WHO and JCAHO partner to improve patient safety

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, October 14, 2005

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One in every 10 patients around the world is seriously harmed as a result of healthcare errors. To combat the alarmingly high number of serious medical injuries, the World Health Organization (WHO) is designating the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Joint Commission International (JCI) as the world's first WHO Collaborating Centre dedicated solely to patient safety.

Through international collaboration with ministries of health, patient safety experts, national agencies on patient safety, professional healthcare associations, and consumer organizations, the center will focus worldwide attention on patient safety and best practices that can reduce safety risks to patients, and coordinate international efforts to spread these solutions as broadly as possible.

Leaders from both developing and developed countries will help identify healthcare safety needs and match these with proven solutions and best practices.

Source: World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/en/)

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