Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act

Patient-centered care is also one of the IOMs aims for improvement because open discussions between patients and doctors leads to safer and more effective care. Patient-centered care is the provision of “care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions” (“Crossing the Quality”, 2001, p.3). Patients are encouraged to voice the opinions, state their concerns, or have the freedom to make no choice at all. Patient-centered care is perhaps one of the most important aspects of healthcare quality and safety. When patient-centered care is exercised patients are more likely to be active participants in their care and have better outcomes. Better outcomes are beneficial to both the patient and the healthcare institution and are indicative of higher quality care. Time is our most precious commodity. Healthcare institutions must strive to value every patients time because everyone’s time is limited and some know exactly how much time they have. From long wait times in offices, to telephone hold times, to delays in receiving test results…

one measure, such negligence in American hospitals may result in 80,000 deaths each year (Gorman). Hospitals, nursing homes, and even rehabilitation hospitals, have been accused of mistreating and neglecting their patients. So often, in fact, have these lawsuits been filed in the United States, that it has caused the federal government to seriously consider them. There are still some skeptics, however, who argue that…

2014). Leadership is an important component to having an effective organizational culture because they set the tone for high quality of care and safety measures (Joshi et al., 2014). The organizational culture at this hospital is lacking in many areas as evidenced by the amount of medical errors. This hospital indicates a lack of effective leadership because the staff has a poor focus on the importance of patient safety. This indicates lack of education and training since the staff did not…

Scenario Analysis As healthcare providers, nurses are trained to follow the “five rights” of the medication administration process, which consists of the right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, and at the right time (Edwards & Axe, 2015; Hunter, 2011). According to Elliot and Liu (2010), the “five rights” were established to assist providers…

Working on a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in a large teaching hospital, there is a complex system of health care workers that make up the team assigned to a patient. Intern’s, resident’s, fellow’s, attending’s, new nurses, experienced nurses and other health care providers are all a part of a patient’s care team. The parents of these children tend to be available and present for the greater part of every day and they want to be part of the team caring for their child. Empowering parents goes a…

I am very familiar with the aspect of patient safety. As a registered nurse in a hospital setting for the past 18 years, patient safety has always been a concern and responsibility of mine. Although hospital protocols and policies are put in place to ensure patient safety, accidents can and do happen. Human error, mechanical failure, and patient falls are examples of medical errors which can lead to patient harm. When a medical error or accident does occur, it is important to report it in a…

Electronic Medication Administration Record and Patient Safety One of the reason medication related deaths occur are due to medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). In fact, within the United States, approximately 7,000 people die each year due to medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). According to Karen (2011) 1.3 million medication errors occur yearly, which relates to several injuries and approximately one death a day related to medication errors in the Unites States (Karen, 2011, p. 1). One…

this course and reading part 1 Before reading part 1, I was in the delusion that medical mistakes occurs and are extremely rare. After reading the part 1, I realized that medical mistakes are not as rare as I thought it was. According to Institute of Medicine report (IOM) report, nearly 98,000 thousand people die each year from preventable medical error (Gibson, & Singh, 2003). 2. Part 1 of Gibson and Singh details 10 patient-family accounts and their experience with medical error. Select one…

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 affect patient safety, what steps can…

Patient Quality and Safety and Continuum of Care There are numerous factors that determine the quality and safety of patients across the continuum of care. Shi (2012) identifies that “ease of access, the clinical quality of care, interpersonal aspects of care, continuity, and coordination all are important aspects of are, continuity, and coordination all are important elements to consider when assessing primary care quality” (p. 9). Factors that hinder ease of access for patients include…