[European Union Network for Patient Safety and Quality of Care (PASQ). Development and preliminary results in Europe and in the Spanish National Health System].
BACKGROUND
The joint action, European Union Network for Patient Safety and Quality of Care: PaSQ, aims to promote patient safety (PS) in the European Union (EU) and to facilitate the exchange of experiences among Member States (MS) and stakeholders on issues related to quality of care, PS, and patient involvement. The development and preliminary results are presented here, especially as regards the Spanish National Health System (SNHS).
PaSQ is developed through 7 work packages, primarily aimed at sharing good practices (GP), which were identified using specific questionnaires and selected by means of explicit criteria, as well as to implement safe clinical practices (SCP) of proven effectiveness and agreed among MS.
A total of 482 GP (39% provided by Spanish professionals) were identified. The 34 events organised in the EU, 11 including Spanish participation, facilitate sharing these practices. A total of 194 Health Care centres (49% in Spain) are implementing SCP (hand hygiene, safe surgery, medication reconciliation, and paediatric early warning scores) ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: PaSQ is making it possible to strengthen collaboration between organizations and professionals at EU and SNHS level regarding PS and quality of care.
Área de Seguridad del Paciente, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Calidad e Innovación, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Madrid, España. Electronic address: yagra@msssi.es.
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Agra-Varela
Área de Seguridad del Paciente, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Calidad e Innovación, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Madrid, España.
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Fernández-Maíllo
Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, Madrid, España.
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Rivera-Ariza
Observatorio de Salud de las Mujeres, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Calidad e Innovación, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Madrid, España.
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Sáiz-Martínez-Acitorez
Área de Seguridad del Paciente, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Calidad e Innovación, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Madrid, España.
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Casal-Gómez
Área de Acreditación y Auditorías, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Calidad e Innovación, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Madrid, España.
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Palanca-Sánchez
International Affairs, Haute Autorité de la Santé, París, Francia.
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Bacou
D019985:Benchmarking; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D005544:Forecasting; D063373:Hand Hygiene; D006801:Humans; D059065:Medication Reconciliation; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000592:standards*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Acción cooperativa; Calidad asistencial; Cooperative behaviour; Patient safety; Quality of health care; Seguridad del paciente