Development of a quality and safety management system for medical activities in the Primorsky Region

Abstract

The article presents the experience of organizing a system for managing the quality and safety of medical activities in the Primorsky Region, its development in accordance with current trends in the national policy of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation. In accordance with the regional healthcare development strategy, a pilot project has been implemented since 2018, which includes a number of reasonable interrelated activities. A regional Competence Center in the field of quality and safety of medical activity was organized, closely interacting with the National Institute of Quality, mechanisms for financing the quality management system were developed. As part of the implementation of the regional project, a system for recording undesirable events in the Primorsky Region was developed and implemented. A regional model of the system for managing the quality and safety of medical activities has been adopted, and the principles of organizing the healthcare system in Primorsky Region have been described. The successes and difficulties of the project implementation are analyzed, the prospects for the development of a quality and safety management system for medical activities in the Primorsky Region are presented, taking into account the specifics of the geopolitical situation and demographic trends in the region.