IN an effort to enhance its ability to provide quality care, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), in collaboration with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), and Health Qual International, held a three-day training workshop aimed at building a quality improvement programme among senior staff at the hospital. The programme is aimed at creating a certain standard that would allow senior staff members to operate efficiently, and get clear direction and guidelines on the way forward as it relates to delivering excellent health care to the public.
The workshop which started on Monday and concluded yesterday, was conducted by Programme Director, Quality Improvement, Health Qual International, Margaret Palumbo, and saw 40 staff participating, including the quality improvement members and their sub-committees.
In a brief comment, Quality Improvement Coordinator, Yolanda Renville stated that through the workshop, senior staff would now be able to measure and acquire relevant data, look at some of the systems where there are gaps, and how they can be closed.
A few quality projects were established during the workshop. Renville said that quality improvement is a new concept for GPHC, and the representatives from each department would have grasped a lot of knowledge with which they can go back and implement the project among other staff members in order to improve the hospital’s efficiency.
She said that the response by participants was overwhelming, and GPHC will continue to collaborate with other organisations in its effort to advance its capability. (GINA)