Become a leader in patient safety. Master the strategies and tools to implement high-quality and effective safety initiatives.
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No prior knowledge required
No unnecessary risks
Preventable patient harms, including medical errors and health-related complications, are a threat to public health worldwide. Furthermore, patients often do not receive treatments and interventions that have been shown to improve their outcomes. These deficiencies often stem not from individual physician errors, but from systemic problems—communication problems, poor teams, and poorly designed care processes, to name a few.
The Patient Safety and Quality specialization covers the concepts and methods used to improve processes in the healthcare sector. Successful participants will develop a broad understanding of challenges in ensuring safety and quality, and learn strategies for improving culture, enhancing teamwork, managing change, and measuring success. They will also manage all aspects of a patient safety and quality project, using the methods detailed throughout the seven courses in the specialization.
Learners will use real-world strategies, tools, and techniques to solve various patient safety and quality problems, based on real-world scenarios that occur in medical and clinical environments. They will also be required to utilize concepts from different worlds to successfully address patient safety concerns.
