Managing Patient Safety And Quality Of Care In Public Hospitals In Pakistan

Abstract

The provision of confined and renowned care to the patients is the most important concern of hosp itals, in line with patients' privilege and rights. It is the state's primary responsibility to provide all types of free healthcare services to the population, particularly maternal healthcare, on a priority basis. In this r egard, public hospitals are playing a crucial role in provisioning quality healthcare services to all. This stu dy explores public hospitals' performances to provide maternal healthcare services to the general populati on. Based on the qualitative research paradigm, interviews were conducted among patients, doctors and st aff/nurses to know their perception and experiences of maternity healthcare services at public hospitals. T he findings indicated that public hospitals have a separate unit for maternal healthcare and are doing their best to provide safe and quality healthcare services to mothers and newborns with limited resources. Mea nwhile, although various types of services are provided by the caregivers, work overloads and lack of spa ce make patients feel unsatisfied with the quality of their services. The study concluded that quality of car e is the major concern of the hospitals besides the lack of monitoring and accountability of resources utili zation. In this light, patients feel deprived of rightful services they wish to attain from the hospitals. Impr oving on-job training and physical resources are recommended to enhance the provision of quality health care services to mothers and newborns.

The Integration of Islamic Values in Daily Clinical Practice among Healthcare Professionals: A Scoping Review

“…As per this review's objective, the participants' primary concern is healthcare professionals (HCPs). It has been spotted that the HCPs involved in this review were: 11 studies on doctors 10,11,14,15,[32][33][34]37,39,42,43 , seven studies on nurses 26,29,31,35,36,38,41 , seven studies on general HCPs 16,19,[23][24][25]44,45 , and only one study on pharmacists 33 , and medical academicians 16 . Other participants included in this review were other healthcare stakeholders involved directly with practicing Islamic values in clinical settings, such as patients 12,13,15,28 , health volunteers, and Shariah officers 21 .…”

“…29,33 Among the critical skills and values, healthcare professionals need to be concerned about in spiritual care is the ability to give religious guidance and conduct religious obligations such as prayer while sick. 21 Religious guidance matters such as regarding the aspects of what is permissible (halal) and prohibited (haram), 11 providing Quran or collections of Islamic incantation (dua and zikr) for their daily ritual, concerning the aspect of modesty (awrah) of the patients, 15,49 and giving spiritual and emotional warm support for the terminally ill patients. 35 Furthermore, healthcare professionals are supposed to be able to demonstrate and assist on how to pray.…”