Quality and Safety

The quality and safety initiative seeks to elevate healthcare in Ukraine by adopting international clinical guidelines and improving patient care safety.
 

Key Priorities:

Process Standardization: Align surgical interventions, clinical guidelines, and treatments to boost clinical efficiency and patient safety.
Enhanced Education: Improve healthcare professional training and expand patient medical literacy by providing evidence-based information in Ukrainian.
Morbidity and Mortality Conferences: Conduct root cause analyses to review participant actions and prevent medical errors.
Patient Health Literacy: Strengthen physician-patient communication and promote shared decision-making by improving patient understanding.
Guideline Adaptation: Tailor international standards and clinical processes to Ukraine's healthcare system for better patient safety and outcomes.
Accessible Knowledge: Disseminate open-access educational materials to enhance patient comprehension and drive change.
Data-Driven Improvement: Collect prospective data to establish baselines and ensure improvements are meaningful and sustainable.

3

pilot hospitals

10

standardized and adapted international guidelines

20

team members

Partners

Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Brigham & Women's Hospital
John Hopkins Hospital
John Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Participating institutions

National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute
Kyiv Regional Oncology Center
Kyiv Regional Oncology Center
Mykolaiv Regional Oncology Center
Mykolaiv Regional Oncology Center
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