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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

Kijabe Hospital staff wanted to do a better job of caring for their patients with diabetes. They joined a quality improvement collaborative with other mission hospitals to learn the science and methodology of quality improvement. They were concerned about the  wasted cost and time consumption associated with routine RBS, which

20 healthcare workers from Kimende Orthodox MHC, AIC Kijabe and PCEA Chogoria Hospital graduated on 26th May 2023, from the Acquire- KCHS Diabetes Quality Improvement Collaborative, a program that had been running from September 2022 until May 2023. The graduation, which marked the culmination of the intensive training, was held