Patient Safety Issues
Title: Access and Patient Safety Issues
Author: Dorcas Moore
Capella University
Access and Patient Safety Issues
Patient Safety:
Multiple failed organizational and departmental processes may lead to wrong patient, wrong procedure, wrong side or wrong site. Prevention of these errors requires a safety system to ensure accurate scheduling and procedure ordering. Proper patient identification will also eliminate these errors. Ensuring correct patient identification is a recognized healthcare challenge and the acute care poses the biggest challenge with this because of the wide range of care given, the locations it is given in and the numerous staff who work in shifts. Failure to correctly identify patients and correlate their clinical information to an intended procedure or study can be very harmful. Causes of wrong events with regards to patient care are: * Incorrect order entry * Failure to confirm patient identity * Failure to follow site and procedure verification or procedure qualification process.
Incorrect Order Entry At the hospital I am employed for, I work in the breast center. …show more content…
In this economy there is a constant struggle to get people the healthcare that is needed at an affordable price. Because of this, people with life threatening illnesses and even the least life threatening can’t get the care that is needed or deserved. Access to healthcare is a major issue in the United States. The issue of access to health care does not just relate to insurance coverage and the cost of care, but also to the availability of health care providers and gaining access to their health record. Patient access problems can lead to irritated patients and frustrated staff; long-term problems can have a much greater impact—such as lost patients and, consequently, lost revenue. Ways to address the issues in any practice
Author: Dorcas Moore
Capella University
Access and Patient Safety Issues
Patient Safety:
Multiple failed organizational and departmental processes may lead to wrong patient, wrong procedure, wrong side or wrong site. Prevention of these errors requires a safety system to ensure accurate scheduling and procedure ordering. Proper patient identification will also eliminate these errors. Ensuring correct patient identification is a recognized healthcare challenge and the acute care poses the biggest challenge with this because of the wide range of care given, the locations it is given in and the numerous staff who work in shifts. Failure to correctly identify patients and correlate their clinical information to an intended procedure or study can be very harmful. Causes of wrong events with regards to patient care are: * Incorrect order entry * Failure to confirm patient identity * Failure to follow site and procedure verification or procedure qualification process.
Incorrect Order Entry At the hospital I am employed for, I work in the breast center. …show more content…
In this economy there is a constant struggle to get people the healthcare that is needed at an affordable price. Because of this, people with life threatening illnesses and even the least life threatening can’t get the care that is needed or deserved. Access to healthcare is a major issue in the United States. The issue of access to health care does not just relate to insurance coverage and the cost of care, but also to the availability of health care providers and gaining access to their health record. Patient access problems can lead to irritated patients and frustrated staff; long-term problems can have a much greater impact—such as lost patients and, consequently, lost revenue. Ways to address the issues in any practice