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Halina Kutaj-Wąsikowska
Country
Poland
Job title
President
Organisation
Polish Society for Quality Promotion in Health Care
Email address
Website
Biography
Graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Biology Department; Post Graduate of the School of Public Health, Chief Specialist at National Center for Quality Assessment in Healthcare, Agency of MoH. Developed and implemented accreditation program (JCAHO model) for healthcare organizations; Invited expert and speaker at conferences about accreditation and safety; Expert in the National Program for Preventing Nosocomial Infections.
Description organisation
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 Polish journey towards the development of patient safety in healthcare environment started in 2002 and is ongoing with the participation in the SIMPATIE project
April 2002, Krakow:
„Quality in Healthcare”; Prof. John HelfrickOctober 2002: ISQua conference in Paris
April 2003, Krakow:
„Quality in Healthcare”; Prof. Rick CroteauMay 2003; BMJ Forum, Bergen: contacts with Danish Society for Patient Safety; resulted in Polish - Danish collaborative
2002; Questionnaire on Adverse Events – diagnosis of the state
January 2004, Krakow: Workshop on Patient Safety (with Veterans Health Administration)
April 2004, Warsaw: Conference on Patient Safety with representatives of Danish Society for Patient Safety and ESQH London Office for Patient Safety.
Polish participation in CoE Recommendation on Management of Safety and Quality
May,2004 London: Improving Patient Care: Risk Management and Patient Safety
26 July 2004, Krakow: WHO Krakow Meeting: Sir Liam Donaldson
Safe Patient, Safe Hospital18-19 October 2004, Amsterdam:
WHO Workshop on Patient SafetyPresentation at ISQua conference in Amsterdam
14-15 April 2005, Warsaw; Conference of the Council of Europe: Patient Safety as European Challenge
May 2005 Krakow: “Safe Patient” International Conference “Quality in Healthcare”
Participation in SIMPATIE project
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
Accreditation Standards for Primary Care, CMJ, Krakow 2004