Malaysian Patient Safety Goals

Malaysian Patient Safety Goals was introduced in 2013 to outline priority areas on patient safety and monitor the progress of Patient Safety in Malaysia. Malaysia has become one of the few countries which has it’s own national patient safety goals used by all healthcare facilities throughout the nation. It is to stimulate health care organizations to improve patient safety key areas as well as patient safety in general by outlining important patient safety areas that need to be focused and improved. It provide a measurable (and improvable) “bird’s eye view” or “dashboard” of the status of patient safety in public as well as private health care facilities in Malaysia. KPIs act as “Performance Measurement Tools” in areas that are critical to a safe health care system were monitored with Malaysian Patient Safety Goals. It is an objective means for the Patient Safety Council of Malaysia to monitor and evaluate as well as improve the status of patient safety in the country.

The first MPSG was released in 2013 with 13 goals nd 19 KPIs. In 2021, MPSG 2.0 was launched by Director General of Health during World Patient Safety Day Celebration. The new MPSG 2.0 with 7 goals and 9KPIs were developed based on feedbacks from stakeholders and experience gained from 7 years implementation of MPSG. The annual performance of MPSG is reported to Patient Safety Unit, Medical Care Quality Section, Ministry of Health Malaysia. The performance is presented to Patient Safety Council Malaysia every year and shared in the Patient Safety Council Malaysia website.