Comments
There are no comments.
Add Comments
Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) quality improvement conference for healthcare professionals - the Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, had received record submissions of quality improvement posters for its competition.
The increasingly popular competition had nearly 400 submissions of posters outlining quality improvement projects from Qatar and the region. About 261 posters were assessed by an international panel of judges. The competition also invited conference delegates to submit their own votes for the poster they rated most highly, with the public choice award eliciting over 5,000 votes in one day.
“It is wonderful to see over 3,700 people, mainly doctors, nurses and allied health professionals, coming together at the Middle East Forum to celebrate best practice, share ideas and learn from each other,” said Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, deputy chief medical officer and co-chair, Middle East Forum.
Winners and runners-up were awarded certificates in a ceremony on the final day of the conference. Improvement initiatives were peer-reviewed by over 30 judges who were looking for innovative and practical initiatives.
“This quality improvement poster competition represents a perfect opportunity for healthcare professionals to showcase their superb efforts and achievement. There was an amazing energy and excitement among the nearly 1,000 poster authors from around the world,” Dr
al-Khal added.
In the Transforming Clinical Systems of Care, Ambulatory Healthcare Services category of posters, SEHA, United Arab Emirates, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Al Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were joint winners.
Women’s Hospital poster won both in the Patient Engagement and Leadership for Improvement categories.
Enaya Specialised Care Centre won the Transforming Clinical Interventions category while Hamad General Hospital won in the Science of Improvement category.
Posters from Rumailah Hospital, Hamad General Hospital, Women’s Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital and Enaya Specialised Care Centre were the People’s Choice Winners.
There are no comments.
SPORT Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when you are saying farewell to those that have left a positive impression. That was the case earlier this month when Canada hosted Mexico in a friendly at BC Place stadium in Vancouver.
TECHNOLOGY Some 60mn primary-school-age children have no access to formal education
CULTURE Lekhwiya’s El Arabi scores the equaliser after Tresor is sent off; Tabata, al-Harazi score for QSL champions
ARABIA The Yemeni Minister of Tourism, Dr Mohamed Abdul Majid Qubati, yesterday expressed hope that the 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen declared by the Command of Coalition Forces on Saturday will be maintained in order to lift the siege imposed on Taz City and ease the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged
ARABIA Some 200 teachers from schools across the country attended Qatar Museum’s (QM) first ever Teachers Council at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) yesterday.
ARABIA The Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) of Qatar and the Indonesian Supreme Court (SCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on judicial co-operation, it was announced yesterday.
ECONOMY Sri Lanka is keen on importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar as part of government policy to shift to clean energy, Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Rauff Hakeem has said.
