26 April 2007
In developed countries as many as one in 10 patients is harmed while receiving hospital care and in the developing world the figure may be much higher. The World Health Organization, together with The Joint Commission and Joint Commission International, have developed 9 Patient Safety Solutions that have proved useful in reducing health care risks to patients.
WHAT: Telephone and on-site press conference to launch nine solutions to reduce health care errors throughout the world
WHEN: Wednesday, May 2, 2007
9:30 a.m. EDT, 8:30 a.m. CDT,
7:30 a.m. MDT, 6:30 a.m. PDT
Breakfast will be available on-site at 9 a.m.
EDT.
WHERE: National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, First
Amendment Room, Washington, DC,
or dial 1-877-690-6763 to participate via
telephone.
WHO:
- Sir Liam Donaldson, Chair, World Alliance for Patient Safety, World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Karen Timmons, President and CEO, Joint Commission International
- Dr Dennis O'Leary, President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois)
- Dr. Tebogo Kgosietsile Letlape, Immediate Past President, The World Medical Association
- Susan Sheridan, Co-Founder and President, Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
- Dr Cristina Beato, Deputy Director, PAHO/AMRO
For media
Photos and B-roll will be made available. Media in Afghanistan and Pakistan with appropriate security clearance are invited to accompany the WHO staff photographer to border immunization sites.