Improving quality in healthcare
THE CHALLENGE
Inadequate access to quality health care
WHO estimates a shortage of 10 million health workers by 2030 to reach the Sustainability Development Goal 3 of good health for all. At the same time, a recent Lancet article established that, for the first time in history, more people die from poor quality of care than lack of access.
Addressing both the coverage gap and the quality gap is necessary. What complicates the matter further is that access to and quality of healthcare are unequally distributed across the world.
the opportunity
Addressing gaps in quality and coverage
To improve quality of care; it is necessary to work on both individual, team and system level. Simulation is a powerful tool and offer great opportunities to help: to improve health workers’ individual maintenance of competence; to foster effective teamwork; and for hospitals to drive quality improvement on a system level.
To achieve sustainable and long-term impact, the coverage gap must also be addressed with more and better-trained students. We see great opportunities to help with more scalable simulation solutions, supporting the move towards competency-based education and helping increase the throughput in education.
Our partner programs
A paradigm shift in resuscitation training
In partnership with the American Heart Association, we have created an innovative CPR training system that improves the quality of CPR while reducing costs for hospitals.
Competency-based education
We develop solutions supporting the movement towards competency-based education; a shift from delivering input to measuring students’ learning outcomes.
Healthcare quality improvement
Simulation can be a powerful tool for driving quality improvement in healthcare, for example by optimizing team performance and identifying latent safety threats.
Improving quality care at birth
The last decade has shown a concerning increase in maternal mortality in countries like the UK and the USA. We are committed to helping change that.
Addressing inequity and implicit bias
Significant disparities in healthcare quality exist among various racial, ethnic, and demographic groups. Relevant training solutions can help address these inequities.
Safer Simulation Center
Scaling high-quality simulation globally
SAFER, the Stavanger Acute Medicine Foundation for Education and Research, was founded in 2005 around a simulation center in collaboration between Stavanger University Hospital, the University of Stavanger, and Laerdal.
Since its establishment, SAFER has made great progress in meeting its prime goal to improve patient safety and strengthen competence among health workers. SAFER is also a key contributor to scaling simulation-based training to low-resource countries through the SimBegin program.
Related programs
A paradigm shift in resuscitation training
The RQI program follows a low-dose, high-frequency model with quarterly skills refreshers.
Improving quality care at birth
While strides have been made in reducing maternal and infant mortality rates in recent years, there remains ample opportunity for further improvement.
Safer c-section and anesthesia
According to the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, five billion people – two thirds of the global population – lack access to safe and affordable anaesthesia and surgery.