title: Promoting patient safety in India: situational analysis and the way forward.
abstract: Unsafe healthcare is a well-recognized 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, we explore how we can accelerate developments and build a culture of patient safety in the Indian health sector. Using five international case studies, we describe experiences of promoting patient safety in various ways to inform future developments in India. We offer a roadmap for 2020, which contains suggestions on how India could build a culture of patient safety.
authors: Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, UK and Quality and Safety, International Clinical Epidemiology Network, Delhi, India, Rajan.madhok@btinternet.com- Lead on Patient Safety.
authors: Rajan
authors: R
authors: Madhok
authors: University Research Co. LLC, 7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20815, USA- Improvement Advisor.
authors: Sonali
authors: S
authors: Vaid
authors: Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4YS, Wales, UK- Department of Health Care Improvement.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Carson-Stevens
authors: Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK- NIHR Academic Department of Public Health.
authors: Sukhmeet
authors: S
authors: Panesar
authors: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India- Department of Paediatrics.
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Mathew
authors: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India- Department of Surgery.
authors: Nobhojit
authors: N
authors: Roy
authors: Indian Confederation for Healthcare Accreditation, New Delhi, India.
authors: Akhil
authors: A
authors: Sangal
authors: Patient Safety Alliance, Mumbai, India.
authors: Nikhil
authors: N
authors: Datar
authors: NHS Manchester, UK and Health Foundation Quality Improvement Fellow 2010-11, UK- Former Chief Quality Officer.
authors: Judith
authors: J
authors: Strobl
authors: Infection Prevention Society of the UK and Ireland and World Health Organization's Patient Safety Programme, London, UK.
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Storr
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety; D058996:Quality Improvement