Healthcare Quality Improvement White Papers

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Our library distils global research, frontline lessons, and policy analysis into downloadable healthcare white papers you can trust. Search by topic, date, or region and walk away with ready-to-use guidance – whether you’re revising safety protocols, writing board briefs, or pitching a new quality improvement project. Updated year-round by experts across six WHO regions, it’s your single sign-on shortcut to better-informed decisions

Safe Care is the Right Care: The ISQua White Paper on Patient Safety for Healthcare Organisations

The white paper outlines four foundational pillars for Patient Safety in Health Care Organisations: Advocacy and Leadership, Health Worker Education and Safety, Patient, Family and Carer Engagement and Empowerment, and Improvement in Clinical Processes. The white paper will help healthcare organisations implement evidence-based strategies to address patient safety challenges, reduce preventable harm, and improve care quality.

Green Care is High Quality Care: The ISQua Green Paper and Call to Action for Environmentally Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Systems

Green Care is High Quality Care highlights the urgent need for healthcare systems to address the growing health threats posed by climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. It calls on healthcare professionals and organisations to develop new skills and redesign systems to become environmentally sustainable, climate-resilient, and low-carbon.

Person-Centred Care Systems: from theory to practice

In order to make Person-Centred Care an expected standard of care, we will need to systematically redesign legislation, organisation, funding, information systems, education, and research. This ambitious White Paper aims to answer the most difficult question: how do we embed PCC into our systems and how do we make it the expected norm?

White Paper: Clarifying the concept of external evaluation

Clarifying the Concept of External Evaluation outlines how external evaluation serves as a systematic approach to improving quality and safety in healthcare by assessing performance against defined standards using independent evaluators. It explores the different forms external evaluation can take, including accreditation, certification, regulation, and licensing.

Patient Safety Recommendations for COVID-19 Epidemic Outbreak

Based on reports and questions forwarded to the Clinical Risk Managers of the Italian Network for Health Safety (INSH) from physicians working on the front line, a series of recommendations have been developed referring to documents and papers published by national institutions (ISS) and Italian and international scientific societies and journals.

Health Systems and their Sustainability: Dealing with the Impending Pressures of Ageing, Chronic and Complex Conditions, Technology and Resource Constraints

Ageing populations worldwide are placing increasing pressure on healthcare systems and transforming the nature of care needed. Healthcare systems must continuously innovate and adapt if they are to meet the challenge of delivering safer, better care to more complex patients within limited healthcare budgets.

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Dr Subhrojyoti Bhowmick

I am an MBBS graduate from Calcutta University with a Gold Medal in Gynecology & Obstetrics.

I have completed M.D in Pharmacology from IPGME& R, Kolkata and have over 12 years of experience in the field of Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance and Medication management in Hospitals.

I have completed certification in Clinical Research Administration & Project Management from Stanford University, USA and in Patient Safety from Johns Hopkins University, USA.

I am an Assessor for National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Health care providers (NABH), India assessing hospitals for medication safety and clinical quality standards and NABH Assessor for Ethics Committee Accreditation program in India as well.

I serve as the Chairperson, Institutional Ethics Committee of Health Point Hospital, Kolkata and am associated with 2 other Hospital ethics committees as a member.

I finished my Fellowship in Healthcare Quality from the International Society of Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) from Ireland in 2017.

I have published several research articles and have also authored a chapter on “Regulations governing Clinical Trial” in the book “Fundamentals of Clinical Trial & Research”.

I am a peer reviewer for prestigious international journals like the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, CNS Drugs and Drug Safety case reports.

I am the recipient of the UK Seth Oration Award for Best Clinical Pharmacology paper by the Indian Pharmacological Society in 2009 and the “Most promising Healthcare professional in Patient Safety in India” award by the Asian African Chamber of Commerce and Industry in October 2018.

Recently in April 2019, I received the Young Quality Achiever award by Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO), India for 2019 for my work in the field of medication safety and clinical research.

I have a keen interest in teaching and am visiting adjunct faculty of Pharmacology at KMC, Mangalore, India and for Healthcare technology at MAKAUT, Kolkata, India.

I was associated with Stanford University School of Medicine, in the USA as a Senior Clinical Research Associate from 2015 to 2017 and have certification in Biostatistics, Evidence-based Medicine and Medical Writing from Stanford University.

Currently, I am working as the Clinical Director of Academics, Medical Quality and Clinical Research at Peerless Hospital and B K Roy Research Centre, Kolkata.

I am very happy and thrilled to receive the prestigious ISQua Lucian Leape Patient safety Fellowship Award for 2019 and I look forward to honing my skills further in the field of healthcare quality and patient safety through my experiences during this fellowship.

I sincerely believe that successful completion of this fellowship will help me evolve as a more confident Patient safety leader in India who in turn can provide significant inputs on policy changes through NABH for the Indian healthcare system.

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