Patient Safety International Expands Into South African Market With AIMS Incident Management Software Distribution Deal
Posted on: Friday, 26 October 2007, 03:00 CDT
Patient Safety International (PSI), a provider of incident management, healthcare quality and patient safety improvement software tools today announced a distribution deal with the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA).
With 1 in 10 patients suffering an adverse event, healthcare systems urgently need solutions to poor quality and compromised patient safety. An interactive evidence-based management tool, AIMS provides the specific and detailed information required.
Under the deal, COHSASA will distribute and support PSI's AIMS software across southern Africa. According to Professor Stuart Whittaker, CEO of COHSASA, "integration of AIMS into the COHSASA Facilitated Accreditation Programme (FAP) provides a powerful tool for facilities to improve patient safety and monitor progress as they move towards compliance with internationally accredited standards."
Knowing where and how to apply limited quality improvement funds is essential in South Africa as the health system strains under the burden of HIV/AIDS. AIMS has been adapted to the HIV/AIDS context to provide a relevant evidence base, enabling a strategic approach to patient safety.
Professor Whittaker says that "by adding the AIMS incident management software to our set of quality improvement tools COHSASA can now help even the most disadvantaged hospitals to prioritize the correction of life-threatening and critical deficiencies."
Since the two companies began collaborating last year COHSASA has signed up 24 facilities and established a national call centre for reporting of incidents (medical errors).
Rod Smith, CEO of PSI noted that "COHSASA has achieved remarkable results by helping South African hospitals to understand and improve their performance. We're really excited about the integration of AIMS patient safety data with COHSASA's quality improvement programs. This work demonstrates the practical value of incident information for quality improvement and accreditation."
PSI provides the AIMS incident management system to help healthcare services improve patient safety by reducing medical errors, waste and harm to patients. AIMS includes a standardized classification (ontology). www.patientsafetyint.com
COHSASA is the leading provider of quality improvement services in sub-Saharan Africa and has helped some 470 facilities to meet and maintain quality standards. www.cohsasa.co.za
Source: Business Wire
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