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Bulletin National Institutes of Health, Malaysia Vol 19 • January - June 2022

MEETING WITH THE TWG OF THE NATIONAL POLICY FOR
QUALITY IN HEALTHCARE (NPQH)

This is the first meeting held to discuss the implementation
of the National Policy for Quality in Healthcare (NPQH) which
was launched end of last year, with the following objectives:
• Updating the Technical Working Group (TWG)
composition to ensure representation from the various
programmes in MOH

• Determine the TOR of the TWG in the implementation
and monitoring of the NPQH Among the TWG members attending the hybrid meeting

• Identify possible methods for dissemination and
distribution of the NPQH to targeted groups

• Discuss the activity plans for each of the Strategic Priority
(SP) outlined in the NPQH

The meeting had prioritised new activities under each SP
to be further discussed during the NPQH Implementation
workshop, which is scheduled for the end of May 2022.

Dr. Samsiah Awang focusing on the presentation

QUALITY WEBINAR NO 1/2022

The first Quality Webinar for the year 2022, moderated by Mrs.
Khalidah Maruan, was presented by Dr. Divya Nair Narayanan
on the topic of Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating
Changes, which was attended by a total of 113 participants.
The session covered the fundamental concept of formulating
interventional strategies that would require changes to be
introduced in the quality improvement study, the process of
planning and implementing these interventions, evaluating
whether the interventional strategies brought about
improvement, and finally what are the next steps after the Dr. Divya Nair Narayanan presenting her lecture and sharing of
QA cycle had been completed. The session extended more experiences
than the initial 90 minutes planned as the Q&A session was
flooded with continuous questions from the participants.

Engaging questions from the participants during the Q&A session

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