Imagine a universal safety checklist for surgery that everyone in Europe follows, from the moment you enter the hospital until you go home. It's like a high-standard recipe for patient care that removes guesswork for doctors. By making these steps the same everywhere, hospitals can stop common mistakes before they happen.
Surgical errors are common and expensive, costing the EU billions annually. The gap between medical evidence and actual bedside practice is too wide because hospitals lack a unified, easy-to-implement standard.
A set of standardized perioperative practices and an open-access benchmarking platform for hospitals to evaluate their safety performance.
If you are a hospital group dealing with high rates of surgical complications — this project developed standardized perioperative practices that reduce the 8% to 12% of patients suffering adverse events. This lowers the risk of costly medical errors and improves patient outcomes.
If you are a software company dealing with a lack of clinical standards for surgical workflows — this project developed a set of evidence-based practices and a benchmarking platform. You can integrate these standards into digital tools to help 100 hospitals track their performance.
If you are an insurer dealing with the EUR 21 billion in annual direct costs from healthcare adverse events — this project developed a harmonized care pathway. Implementing these standards reduces the frequency of expensive surgical complications and readmissions.
Based on available project data, the specific cost of implementation per hospital is not provided, though the project addresses a broader EU problem costing EUR 21 billion annually.
Yes, the project is designed for scale, moving from 10 initial hospitals in 5 countries to an open self-evaluation phase for 100 hospitals across the EU-27.
Based on available project data, the project intends to launch an open-access benchmarking platform for European hospitals.
The project focuses on harmonizing perioperative care and patient safety standards across different EU member states to reduce knowledge-practice gaps.
The project runs from June 2022 to May 2026, with the Learning Collaborative (PQILC) having officially started in June 2024.
The consortium consists of 13 partners across 7 countries, showing a strong geographic spread. It has a 15% industry ratio with 2 industrial partners and 3 SMEs, indicating a lean but targeted commercial focus. The presence of 6 'Other' organizations suggests a heavy reliance on healthcare foundations and clinical networks to drive adoption.
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