Medical error

a friend or loved one who experienced a medical error, yourself had experienced a medical error, or maybe you were a nurse or doctor who mistakenly made a medical error. The issue with patient safety is becoming a bigger and bigger problem as we speak. Various institutes and centers have been created in hopes of getting more and more people aware of the medical errors happening and also trying to decrease the percentage as much as possible. Medical errors is the third leading cause of death…

In the healthcare world hundreds of thousands of patients die each year due to medical errors. Medical error is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States. With the great technological advances today, diseases that were believed to be deadly are being treated, so patients may live a longer, less painful life. The creation of treatments and cures should cause less death, yet patients who enter a healthcare facility are possibly already facing a greater risk of death compared to their…

How to Prevent Medication Errors There are several ways to avoid medication errors in the healthcare setting. Common mistakes made when giving out medications include disorganization, miscommunication among hospital staff and careless errors. In the following paragraphs I will explain in detail how to avoid medication errors and the importance of excellent communication and interpersonal skills among nurses and patients. I will also clarify the reasons for common mistakes made in the hospital…

Case Study Review: Improving Responses to Medical Errors with Organizational Behavior Management Ebony Jordan MH601 Dr. Deborah Bertsch September 8, 2014 Case Study Review: Improving Responses to Medical Errors with Organizational Behavior Management The article based on the case study “Improving Responses to Medical Errors with Organizational Behavior Management” was very interesting. It gave an overview of the procedures and results of a study focused on patient safety needs. I…

Implications Medication Errors Have on Patient Safety With over 100 million people admitted to a hospital in the US, it is no surprise that patient safety is one of the top priorities, one of these priorities is proper medication administration. Picone, Titler, Dochterman (2008) found that 96% of all medication are preventable an alarming realization considering how common they occur. An analysis of medication errors reported by health care professionals shows how common errors are, how they…

Blood transfusions are used to save our lives and there are many errors that can occur and potentially harm people’s lives. The most common blood transfusion error has to do with negligence of the nurses themselves. These mistakes could include blood samples that are being mislabeled for another patient, blood being ordered for wrong patient, and wrong samples taken from the wrong patient (Lippi & Plebani, 2011). The errors that occur in the health field can lead back to the wrong process in…

paper is to look at high quality, accountable care in medical communities and the high priority placed on increasing quality and safety among patients who suffer from preventable medical errors each year. “Medical errors kill enough people to fill four jumbo jets a week”. (WSJ. Makary) Thus the skills, knowledge and attitudes of nurses must be used to drive and sustain culture changes around patient and family centered care is driving medical process and procedure changes to increase the quality…

Medical Errors Despite our greatest efforts to prevent medical errors, errors continue to occur. The most serious of these errors result in death, permanent injury or non-permanent harm that is at a severity level which requires an intervention in order to sustain the individuals life (Joint Commission, 2014, p. 1). Events of this severity are referred to as “sentinel events” since they signal the necessity for instant investigation and response (Joint Commission, 2014, p. 1). Among the…

patient outcomes, work harder, are more satisfied and more committed to staying in their jobs. Being short staffed brings a large amount of stress to any area of healthcare; this is commonly when you will see mistakes happening like, medication errors, and treatments that don’t get done. When these situations occur the communication of the team is more important than ever, and once a prioritized plan is created each member of the team needs to carefully follow it, and get help and support when…

physician order entry (CPOE). CPOE requires the physicians to enter their own orders for a patient in the computerized management system. CPOE is a huge benefit to patient safety and quality of care; this will allow for the elimination of legibility errors and incomplete orders. Another example is integration of programmed reminders and alerts. With a computerized management system, reminders and alerts can be integrated into the system. For example the system will alert a physician to…