As we know, having a safety plan is extremely important in healthcare. Risks of injury can incur financial costs to a facility, and have physical and emotional effects on injured healthcare workers. For these reasons, it is important to be able to effectively implement safety plans and measures to mitigate identified risks to safety. The …
Who Contributes to Safety Culture in Healthcare?
En español Creating a safety culture is essential for improving patient care and healthcare staff satisfaction. It allows facilities to function smoothly and keeps everyone in them – both staff and patients – out of harm’s way. Everyone in a healthcare facility has a role to play when it comes to maintaining a safety culture. …
How To Invest in Healthcare Worker (HCW) Safety
En español Tight healthcare budgets have forced facilities and organizations to focus on cost-avoidance when relating safety in the workplace. It is often difficult to calculate the definitive value of investing in worker safety. However, there are proven benefits in investing in a long-term staff safety program,1 including: Reduction in workplace incident risk and exposure …
Celebrating World Health Organisation’s Year of Nurses and Midwives
Nurses and Midwives play an extremely important role in healthcare. Renowned for working tirelessly and in high pressure situations, nurses have devoted their lives to others’ wellbeing. They are often the first point of contact for sick and injured people and in some cases are the only healthcare providers. Even with such an important role, …
Breast Cancer Awareness – McGrath Foundation and Qlicksmart
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women around the world, impacting 2.1 million women every year. In Australia, 1 in 7 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer by the age of 85. All women are at risk of developing breast cancer. Risk factors for breast cancer can include family history and genetic …
Qlicksmart Co-Founder Presents at World Patient Safety Day!
This September, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched the first-ever International Patient Safety Day. Qlicksmart’s Co-Founder Dr. Michael Sinnott had the privilege of presenting at the Malaysian World Patient Safety Day event, hosted by the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health’s (MSQH). What is Patient Safety Day About? World Patient Safety Day aims to highlight the …