Welcome to Patient Safety & Quality Improvement 

Welcome to our site dedicated to enhancing patient safety and improving quality in healthcare. Learn about key concepts, best practices, and how efforts in the Philippines contribute to safer healthcare systems.

Patient safety involves preventing errors and adverse effects associated with healthcare. It aims to eliminate avoidable harm to patients during care delivery. Patient safety is fundamental to improving health outcomes and building trust in healthcare systems worldwide. 

Key concepts:

• Avoidable harm
  
  

• Safety culture
  
  

• Error reporting
  
  

• Infection control

Quality Improvement (QI) focuses on systematic efforts to enhance patient care processes. Some common QI methods include: 

• Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles
  
  

• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  
  

• Six Sigma
  
  

• Lean Management
  
  

These approaches help identify problems, test solutions, and implement changes that improve safety and quality.

Efforts in the Philippines focus on enhancing healthcare worker competencies, improving organizational culture, and enforcing infection control practices. Recent studies by Cordero (2025) and others highlight ongoing challenges and promising strategies in Philippine healthcare settings.

Key points:

• Importance of nurse competencies (Feliciano et al., 2020)
  
  

• Leadership and teamwork in safety culture (Baban & Magnaye, 2020)
  
  

• Infection control challenges (Mitchell et al., 2017)
  
  

• Infection control challenges (Mitchell et al., 2017)
  
  

• World Health Organization: Patient Safety
  
  

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  
  

• Philippine Department of Health
  
  

• Selected articles:
  
  

  • Cordero, D. A. (2025). In good hands: Exploring patient safety in the Philippines. International Journal for Quality in Health Care.
    
    

  • Feliciano, A. Z., et al. (2020). Philippine professional core competencies’ impact on patient safety outcomes.