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The experts demand more means and involvement of the institutions in the SESSEP Congress that is being held at the Catholic University of Murcia
"It is necessary to inform legislators and institutions that training in clinical simulation and patient safety is not an expense, it is an investment."
Juan Pedro Serna, inspector of the Sanitary Body of the Social Security, summed up with these words the general feeling of the expert panel that opened the second day of the National Congress of the Spanish Society in Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety (SESSEP) that is being Celebrating at UCAM.
To exemplify the cost savings in denunciations and hospitalizations, Serna recalled the data provided by Joe Kiani through the World Movement for Patient Safety report: "100,000 preventable deaths are expected for medical errors in the European Union in 2017 and more Of three million hospitalizations. "
With these data, Serna proposed, in addition to improving training, "bet on innovative strategies, as it could be that every year the centers that work best on patient safety and also those who do the worst are published."
María Cruz Martín, specialist in Intensive Medicine at the University Hospital of Torrejón, added other proposals: "The simulation centers should work in a coordinated way with universities and hospitals, the simulation should reach all professionals and appear in the curriculum and Need more institutional policies to improve training. "
All proposals are aimed at solving problems that are identified and, in some cases, also quantified.
Julián Alcaraz, coordinator of Quality and Patient Safety at the Morales Meseguer Hospital, offered some relevant information: "Of four and a half million hospitalizations in a year in Spain, 418,500 cases of adverse events have been identified, which represents 9.3%. The emergency service in 2015 produced 26.6 million attendances with 12% of adverse effects of the 70% were avoidable. "
In addition, it identified the majority of causes that give rise to the so-called 'adverse effects' such as medication failures, hospital care or devices, but highlighted the growth of errors in communication with patients or their patients. Families in recent years.
Undue access to patients' medical records can lead to prison sentences
Javier Moreno, lawyer and managing partner of Lexmor, offered the right view of the importance of adequate training in patient safety, since "learning reduces legal risk and allows learning without damaging and, therefore, without facing To legal consequences. "
He stated that "investment in simulation is advisable because most of the adverse effects would be avoided or at least the number would be reduced."
In addition, he stressed the importance in Spain of the confidentiality and privacy of patients who, in many cases, may be the subject of lawsuits: "The improper access to medical records has led to imprisonment in Spain and major damages and is something Which could be avoided with proper training. "
Workshops for all specialties
Tomorrow is the third and last day of a congress that is highlighting the great variety of workshops that are meeting the goal of reaching the maximum number of specialties, from patient care to health management.
Source: UCAM
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