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Patient safety is a critical global public health issue, fundamental to strengthening healthcare systems and is at the heart of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). All WHO member states and partners are striving to progress towards the UHC and achieve Sustainable Development goals. However, the benefits of increased access to and

Dr. Lydia Okutoyi, Head of Department for Quality of Care at Kenyatta National Hospital, participated in a panel discussion at the 7th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR 2022) in Bogota, Colombia. The title of the discusion was ‘ UHC Without Quality is Meaningless – Three Years After Seminal

In December 2022, Switzerland hosted a global patient safety expert consultation to discuss the implementation of the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030. The event focused on the pandemic’s impact on patient safety and discussed potential solutions for ensuring sustainable improvements. The objectives of the event were to discuss the

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement launched the second cohort of the Joy and Well-Being Learning Network with ACQUIRE leading the efforts on the African continent. This 18 month program focused on bringing joy back to healthcare workers. The goal was to healthcare professionals’ joy in work. Recently, they released an

The QI team applied the science and methodology of quality improvement to their situation. The Kimende Orthodox team  sdeveloped a matrix of key drivers to address the problem of uncontrolled hypertension among diabetes patients. Through weekly data collection and plotting  that data on run charts, the team was able to

Patient defaulting is a pressing issue in P.C.E.A Chogoria Hospital’s Diabetes clinic. To address this concern, a collaborative Quality Improvement (QI) project was undertaken with other mission hospitals in central and eastern Kenya. The project spanned six months and involved virtual training, coaching, and weekly meetings. Chogoria’s SMART goal was