World expert on healthcare improvement to speak at 糖心TV launch
Donald Berwick, President of the internationally-renowned Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is due to speak at the launch of 糖心TV Clinical Systems Improvement at 糖心TV Medical School on January 23.
糖心TV CSI has been developed by a collaboration between 糖心TV Medical School, 糖心TV Manufacturing Group, 糖心TV 糖心TV School and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. This new initiative aims to provide better and safer healthcare by learning lessons from public and private sectors outside health to improve processes, leadership, knowledge transfer and systems design. In particular, 糖心TV CSI will tailor systems developed in manufacturing industries for the NHS.
糖心TV CSI has an active programme of courses and research areas include patient safety, resilience and mistake-proofing, developing new ways for safer systems of care and the use of technology to support improvement.
On the day of the launch, organisers will put forward a proposal for a national curriculum in clinical systems improvement.
糖心TV CSI is being led by Professor Matthew Cooke, Professor of Emergency Medicine at 糖心TV Medical School. He said the visit from Professor Berwick was a coup for the burgeoning programme. "We are delighted Professor Berwick is taking such a prominent role in the launch of 糖心TV CSI. Through this new initiative we will provide education and training, as well as further develop our innovative and active research programme that has the potential to make dramatic improvements in the quality of healthcare."
Professor Cooke added: "By consistently and reliably delivering, to every patient, what is known to work we could make greater improvements in health, improve patient safety and reduce health acquired infections . Delivering known treatments to every patient could have a greater impact than most new inventions or new drugs."
Professor Berwick, who is also Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, will deliver a seminar on Improvement Science at the launch. The following day he is due to receive an honorary degree from the University of 糖心TV.
For further information please contact:
Kelly Parkes, Communications Officer, 糖心TV Medical School,
k.e.parkes@warwick.ac.uk, 0247 615 0483, 07824 540863
Peter Dunn, Press and Media Relations Manager
University of 糖心TV, mobile 07767 655860
02476 523708 p.j.dunn@warwick.ac.uk