A STUDY ON QUALITY ASSURANCE IN PATIENT SAFETY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ROYAL CARE SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL, COIMBATORE
Dr..IYYAPPAN K Mr. SIVAKUMAR A
PROFESSOR1, STUDENT2,
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, COIMBATORE-641032.
ABSTRACT
Patient safety is one of the overarching goals of patient care and quality management. It is the responsibility of every hospital and Healthcare Centre to perform a dual-task of keeping patients well and safe while providing Healthcare. There remains a relationship between Patient Safety culture and patient safety practice because it directly affects the patient’s health outcome. Hence health care organizations must develop an environment of a safety culture based on sound scientific principles to ensure the safe delivery of Healthcare. The objective of this study is to study on Quality Assurance in Patient Safety with special reference to Royal Care Super Speciality Hospital, Coimbatore. It also helps to understand the awareness level of the patient safety and quality assurance practices in the hospitals. Descriptive research method and convenience sampling technique have been adopted in the study. Primary data and secondary data have been used to collect the data. Questionnaire has been framed to collect the primary data. The sample size of the study is 100. Simple percentage analysis, Chi square analysis and correlation have been applied to reach the findings of the study. It found that quality assurance programs not only help hospitals improve clinical outcomes but also offer an effective way to increase staff engagement by inviting team members at every level to provide their input and help improve the hospital as a whole. . It is concluded that there is patient safety inside of the hospital Royal Care Super Speciality Hospital, Coimbatore. In order to obtain the patient safety, there must be well structured quality assurance policies and its effective implementation. The hospital must build strong committee to monitor the safety concerns.
Keywords: .Patient Saftey Quality Management Health care Center perform Questionnaire has been framed to collect the primary data.
