Essay On Reportable Event

Why are serious reportable events important and how is the government involved in SRE prevention? A serious reportable event is important, because it 's an event that happens in a health care organization that is a grievous medical error that shouldn 't happen. A serious reportable event usually only happen every five to ten years in a typical health care setting. The serious reportable event is important because they are devastating to the patient the event happens too. When a never event happens in a health care organization the event needs to be reported to The Joint Commission. The serious reportable events are important to health care organizations because they are preventable and that is they are under major pressure to eliminate never events. Medicaid and Medicare will no longer pay for …show more content…
First I would like to be employed by a long term care facility. I feel a serious reportable event from the 2011 list that is important for a long term care facility is the death or serious injury by a device provided in the health care setting being utilized in an improper manner or not properly maintained for the proper utilization of the device, devices are utilized in a long term care setting on a daily basis to help with lifting and a multitude of aspects of patient care in a long term care facility. Mistakes can happen with medication and devices in any health care setting. Another serious reportable event from the 2011 list that is important to a long term care facility is when a pressure ulcer is acquired after being admitted into the long term care facility and characterized as a stage 3 or stage 4. A pressure ulcer is an avoidable occurrence when the patient is being moved and rearranged in a timely manner or being cleaned up properly after accidents that can occur (National,