MOH hosts workshop in collaboration with WHO Oman – Times of Oman

MOH hosts workshop in collaboration with WHO Oman – Times of Oman

Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) represented by the Directorate General of Quality Assurance Centre (DGQAC) is hosting a virtual Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on the Implementation of the WHO Patient Safety Friendly Initiative (PSFHI) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Oman Office and with technical support from WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) during the period 5th - 9th July 2020.

The PSFHI is a WHO-led initiative that encourages safe health practices in health care facilities as a core element of services provided. The initiative provides a comprehensive set of standards and a framework through which hospitals can deliver safer patient care. It assesses hospitals' performance from a patient safety perspective, builds capacities of staff in patient safety and actively integrates patients and communities in improving health care safety.

Since 2016, Oman has invested considerably in implementing patient safety standards in a large proportion of its health care settings. In August 2018, the Centre for Quality Assurance (CQA), the Ministry of Health of the Sultanate of Oman was designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Training, the result of tireless work over the past years to improve quality of care and patient safety.

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