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Basia Kutryba
Country
Poland
Job title
Board Member and Secretary of the Board
Organisation
Polish Society for Quality Promotion in Healthcare
Email address
Website
Biography
Graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow; Chief Specialist at National Center for Quality Assessment in Healthcare, Agency of MoH. Developed and implemented accreditation program (JCAHO model) for healthcare organizations; Board member of European Society for Quality in Healthcare; participation in EU funded projects (CEEQNET; MARQuIS; SIMPATIE); Polish representative at the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety; member of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Management of Safety and Quality in Health Care: Prevention of Adverse Events in Health Care, a System Approach. Invited expert in international programs and trainings: Slovak Rep; Croatia; Lithuania; Bulgaria; Romania; Egypt. Dutiful mother and housewife (3 children and 2 dogs).
Description organisation
Polish
Society for Quality Promotion in Health Care (TPJ)
TPJ:not -for-profit NGO founded in 1993 from the initiative of medical professionals. Mission: to improve the quality of healthcare in Poland;
700 individual members. Main activity areas:
Organization of annual international conference ”QUALITY IN HEALTHCARE” since 1995; (May 2005: “The Safe Patient”)
Co-development of accreditation system in Poland in 1998;
Co-development of the first edition of JCI accreditation standards;
Organization of education ( training courses and workshops) for healthcare organizations in the area of accreditation as EQA
Training and education in the management of QA projects; Infection Control, Use of Antibiotic Therapy; patient safety;
Development of accreditation programs ( standards, procedure, surveyors’ training) for Primary and Ambulatory Care;
Developing clinical practice guidelines;
Conducting Health Technology Assessment analyses;
Conducting professional patient satisfaction surveys;
Supporting European Accreditation Forum (TPJ hosted the Forum in 2002 and 2003)
2002 initiating the issue of patient safety within the Polish medical environment (conferences, education, publications; national survey on med. professionals’ views and opinions re iatrogenic errors in healthcare
As a member of ESQH TPJ actively participates in ESQH activities, also as an organizer and host of the ESQH Spring Workshop in Krakow, the co-event of the Spring Conference of Guidelines International Network (GIN) and Council of Europe Conference on Implementation of Clinical Guidelines (April 2003).
ONELINER
patient safety
The need and urge for patient safety is paramount: it is still res publica non grata in Eastern Europe
Publications
patient safety
Accreditation Standards for Hospital-cmj, KRAKÓW 1998
Accreditation of Polish hospitals – 4 years of experience”, Zdrowie i Zarządzanie, tom III, nr 3-4/2001
Accreditation in a Nutshell – Zdrowie I Zarządzanie; tom III, nr 3-4/2001
Safe Patient, Safe Hospital – Menedżer Zdrowia, nr 3 2003
System of quality management and accreditation in health care environment
Kutryba B. Bourek A. Charela A. Labon M., Georgetown University Press, 2005