Sespa joins the implementation of the Strategic Management Center for Patient Safety
The initiative is expected to impact health services, with an emphasis on risk prevention and adverse events
The State Department of Public Health (Sespa) formalized its adherence to the implementation of the State Center for Management and Strategy in Patient Safety (Negesp), an initiative of the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass), which is already being implemented in Brazilian states with the aim of strengthening governance and the quality of care in health services, emphasizing the prevention of risks and adverse events.
To this end, managers and professionals linked to the Secretariat have already been summoned, through a circular letter, for a workshop in the Sespa auditorium in Belém, on May 26 and 27. The objective will be to build an action plan aligned with the promotion of a culture of evidence-based practices, creation of indicators, cost reduction, and integrated strategies.
In a technical note, Conass justifies that Negesp helps to reduce risks and minimizes adverse events and waste in favor of safe and quality care in health units. After the workshop, the Center will be institutionalized within Sespa through an advisory committee, representing all departments for strategic decision-making, through the definition of deadlines, indicators, and agreements.
The operationalization of the initiative will occur through the participation of sectors of Sespa, represented by Primary Health Care (APS); specialized and hospital care; planning, public health school, quality, regulation, and contracting, among others.
The implementation will be structured in three phases: the first, with the signing of the Adherence Term and the development of an action plan built by a technical team from the Secretariat; the second, focused on monitoring actions, which will be carried out by Conass in coordination with the sectors of Sespa, and the third, aimed at strengthening the actions defined in the previous stages, as well as the implementation of the strategies planned for the operation of Negesp in the State.
