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IIHMR University Celebrates World Patient Safety Day on 9^th December 2020

The advent of a single Pandemic of COVID-19 has caused a huge stir in the healthcare segment.

The importance of precision in patient-care is always important, however, the pandemic has added another dimension i.e. precision in ‘emergency and mass level patient-care’. The focus on emergency response with high-quality patient-care is the need of the hour and needs to be abided by the whole healthcare fraternity.

The Pandemic has brought patient families, caregivers, and healthcare workers together, driving the need for collective solution building for effective patient care. According to a report that was generated by PharmaEasy, each year more than 2 lakh people die from preventable medical errors. IIHMR University, Jaipur, which is known to be a leader in Healthcare Management and Research, solicits to promote ‘World Patient Safety Day’ which is celebrated every year on the 9th of December.

Dr. PR Sodani, President (Officiating), IIHMR University says, “The whole world has been undergoing a tremendous shift due to the occurrence of the pandemic. What needs to be focused on patient care is the need for responsive, precise, and affordable patient-care services. Government initiatives in offering healthcare services are appreciable but now the time is for creating collective stakeholders’ efforts in promoting Patient-Care 2.0 which combines facilities, expertise, resources, innovations, and moreover, the passion to serve patients for ‘total wellbeing and care.” Citing the ‘Outlook of India’s Healthcare Industry 2020’ report, he added that, “TheBiosimilars market in India is expected to cross $0.9 billion by 2020. The report clearly states that the Telehealth market which is worth $450.1 million is likely to grow by CAGR 21% by 2026.”

Patient care has been given the main focus post-pandemic hence e-healthcare services are on the go. The healthcare sector has been promoting and adopting e-healthcare services through National Health Portal, Online Registration System, E-Hospitals Etc. What is even more enticing is the National Digital Health Mission which has been promoted and initiated by the Government of India to create health cards for all across the nation.

Dr. AnubhavSukhwani, Chief Administrative Officer, Shalby Hospital, Jaipur said, “Patient care in the COVID Era has seen a vast change and how the hospital used to function. Focus on infection control practices has taken a front seat in all operations of the hospital whether it is a simple hand hygiene practice or handling a COVID patient. Earlier the medical team used to focus on symptoms and its treatment but that has now changed in COVID into a more holistic approach which includes psychological counseling, general wellbeing, and more targeted nutritional awareness among patients for enhancing immunity to fight the disease effectively and swiftly. Also, a major role has been defined towards following better lifestyle practices with yoga, meditation, and exercise. Major focus on the safety and security of doctors and employees in the front line with extreme sharp monitoring of the operational guidelines has been implemented.”

Shalby Hospital, Jaipur is a front runner for treating Covid patients and have designed a Standard Operating protocol for all areas to provide uninterrupted patient care in the best and safest possible manner. It’s been 7 months that the hospital has been treating patients and has increased bed capacity to be able to help the government in the battle against COVID. Dedicated doctors and staff round the clock with dedicated floors in the hospital, isolated passages and lifts for COVID and non-COVID patients, creation of New hospital Codes to ensure no cross-infection, yoga and recreational activities for patients, special OPD services, Homecare, and running Flu clinic, diagnostic and pathological tests since the starting are few initiatives taken by our team with side by side running normal operations of the hospital.

Dr. Sodani, President (Officiating), IIHMR University feels that the major focus should now be on the need for timely collection of data. As of now most of the data that is collected pertaining to healthcare needs to be collated and should also be segregated with the help of Data Analytics in Healthcare. With timely information on patients available to the entire healthcare fraternity and institutions would work wonders for the public healthcare industry on the whole.

About IIHMR University:

The faculty is multi-disciplinary that represents public health, management, economics, statistics, demography, social and behavioral sciences, rural development, and the pharmaceutical sector.

The University has collaborations with major universities and institutions like Johns Hopkins University, USA; Chester University, UK; University of Montreal, Canada; Curtin University, Australia; and BP Koirala Institute of Public Health, Nepal. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India identified it as ‘Institute of Excellence’ for its significant contribution to strengthening health systems by promoting and conducting health policy and program management, research, training, and capacity building. Over the past three and half decades, the University is engaged in research, education, and capacity building in the core areas of Public Health, Health and Hospital Management, Pharmaceutical Management, Health Economics and Finance, Population and Reproductive Health, Rural Management, Institutional Networking, and capacity building.

IIHMR University is IIHMR University is a specialized Research University in management research, postgraduate education, and training in the health sector. The University aims to generate new knowledge and technologies to provide evidence and inputs for developing effective policies and health interventions and strategies. The University has been instrumental in setting up collaborations in India and abroad with various national and international organizations and universities such as Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Chester, Curtin University, United Nations Academic Impact, South-East Asia Public Health Education Institution Network (SEAPHEIN) and many more. The University takes pride in having nurtured these technical tie-ups, and are always seeking new partners.

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