Quality and safe care

Almost twenty years ago, the World Health Organization initiated the project of health promotion in hospitals, and subsequently the International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals was created. Today, the organisation brings together 850 health facilities from all over the world. Our hospital has been a member of this network since 2011. We have also joined the National Network of Health Promoting Hospitals, where the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic is the coordinator. 11 healthcare facilities are currently registered and cooperating in the national network. The aim is to integrate health promotion activities into the strategy, plans and activities of health care facilities, to direct health education and promotion not only to patients and their relatives, but also to health care professionals.

Why are we a health promoting hospital?

There are many reasons for health promotion activities. Most of our admitted patients have one or more chronic conditions that require support and help to cope with their illness in addition to medical interventions and drug therapy to achieve the highest quality of life. They often need support in relation to necessary lifestyle changes or adherence to a medication and dietary regimen.

The evidence suggests that the experience of illness and change in health status makes patients more receptive to advice and information from health professionals. The hospital stay is the most convenient time to intervene to change habits and modify lifestyle, so it is important to take advantage of this situation to encourage patients to change.

As the hospital is also a high-risk workplace for healthcare workers in terms of work stress and professional responsibility, activities aimed at employees are important for health promotion, prevention of civilisation diseases and burnout syndrome.

Hospital Jihlava, as a member of the International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH), continuously promotes health promotion activities aimed at educating clients and employees to make the right lifestyle choices in order to gain the interest of a large number of people in their health, strengthen the responsibility of clients in managing health problems, increase control over their health and continuously improve it.

Health promotion programmes implemented by the Hospital Jihlava for patients

Day of Health

Organized for the general public 2 times a year. We offer visitors cholesterol and blood sugar measurements, blood pressure measurements, special nutritional counselling including the determination of BMI values, early detection of melanoma by professional medical check-up of birthmarks, carbon monoxide measurements in the blood for smokers and we offer smoking quit counselling services, focusing on good hand hygiene practices, focusing on breast cancer prevention - offering mammograms for interested women on this day without an appointment, highlighting the importance of colon cancer prevention, educating on decubitus prevention, and offering flu vaccinations.

Healthy start in life oriented towards the child population

• We support and educate children with diabetes, organize children's camps for diabetics.
• Don't be afraid of the hospital - a programme for kindergarten children.
• There's a medical clown coming to our children's department.

Pharmacotherapy counselling

We offer patients the opportunity to consult pharmacological treatment with a clinical pharmacist.

Support for coping with health problems

• We continue to expand our volunteer activities for our hospitalized patients.

Information (educational) printed materials for hospitalised patients

• Educational materials are placed in the corridors of specialised departments and in the reception folders of hospitalised patients.
• Prevention first.
• Avoid falling.
• Hospital services for patients.
• Hospitalism and how to deal with it.

Non-smoking hospital - smoking quit clinic

Nutrition counselling service in the nutritional therapists' educational clinic

• We offer hospitalized patients the A-FIT diet, which meets all the principles of a healthy diet.
• We offer a buffet breakfast to mothers in the maternity department; food is available to mothers 24 hours a day.

Prenatal courses for expectant parents

• Our midwives organize exercises for pregnant women.

Natural childbirth in the maternity department

24-hour operation of the lactation clinic

Education of ostomates in the ostomy clinic

"Nurse" ambulance for patients with non-healing wounds

Cycling for children in Vysočina

Health promotion programmes for hospital staff

• Participation in the national event " Bike to work".
• Carnival for children.
• Cultural events, cinema, theatre.
• Catering for employees.
  • Choice of fruit for lunch.
  • Salad buffet in the staff canteen.
• Developing psychosocial support for employees
  • Support or crisis psychointervention for employees.