Occupational health and safety (OSH) issues are an important part of quality management, risk management, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this sense, OSH aspects must be an integrated element of all managerial development processes, i.e. corporate strategy, human resources, and organizational development.
The basis of the vision regarding better, healthier, and more competitive workplaces is to create a corporate culture where managers and workers (as experts in their workplaces) discuss work processes together in a continuous improvement process including all related risks and possible measures for improvements. Such a positive corporate culture is the core for the sustainable development and success of health institutions.
Workplace-related health impairments, injuries and illnesses cause great human suffering and incur high costs, both for those affected and for society as a whole. Occupational health and safety measures and health promotion in workplaces are aimed at preventing this. But, in addition to protecting workers from harm, this video wants to show managers in the healthcare system how to achieve a health-promoting hospital or facility according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) definition of health. This defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, as well as the empowerment of individuals to use their own health potential and to deal successfully with the demands of their environment.