Implementation of Safe Surgery Saves Lives initiative in Ahmed ...
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program to other hospitals as staff familiarity to the program will def<strong>in</strong>itely compensate thetime and efforts consumed to overcome the turnover.The tendency to go back to the old practices was dealt with cont<strong>in</strong>uous communication andclose work<strong>in</strong>g with concerned medical personnel emphasiz<strong>in</strong>g on the importance <strong>of</strong> the newprogram and its valuable benefits which to all health care stakeholders.The short term impact <strong>of</strong> the program was monitored be rout<strong>in</strong>e feedbacks ; either personallydur<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>Implementation</strong> or through health provider satisfaction forms which the majority <strong>of</strong>which was <strong>in</strong> favor <strong>of</strong> the program , elicit<strong>in</strong>g the need to extended it to cover other aspects <strong>of</strong><strong>in</strong>terventions.3.3.4 Ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>gThe purpose <strong>of</strong> ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g is to focus attention on the success <strong>of</strong> the change effort and on<strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g and susta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the new ways <strong>of</strong> work<strong>in</strong>g and behav<strong>in</strong>g. This stage also focuses onmechanisms for evaluation and cont<strong>in</strong>uous improvement. It is known that the environment <strong>in</strong>which healthcare operates is constantly chang<strong>in</strong>g. The <strong>in</strong>ternal dynamics <strong>of</strong> the organisation willalso cont<strong>in</strong>ue to change. The new reality for people may never feel as if it has arrived (HSE,2008).In order to susta<strong>in</strong> the change and to preserve the momentum generated by this change project,keep<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d the general behavior, mode <strong>of</strong> th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g and our national health staff a strategy<strong>of</strong> short term bullets was adopted as long term projects applicability faces the common obstacle<strong>of</strong> decrease enthusiasm over time prolongation , An example <strong>of</strong> these bullets was the<strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>of</strong> senior managerial, executive and pr<strong>of</strong>essionals <strong>in</strong> an orient<strong>in</strong>g ceremonialmeet<strong>in</strong>g, other means <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>centives were also used as a reward<strong>in</strong>g act to those tak<strong>in</strong>g the burden40