What Are Medical Errors In The United States
Medical errors in the United State healthcare system
Nitin samireddy
Wilmington University
Abstract
Medical field in the United States is grandiose of all other fields. The healthcare system in the United States is the most complicated. The country spends one of the highest GDPs on health care, but lags behind in patient satisfaction and overall health of the population. Nationally nearly 41,000 or 1 out of 10 patients harmed every year. Community hospital patients have a much higher rate of overall harm. More than 15,000 patients suffered potentially avoidable complications in just 1 month while being cared for in NHS organizations & other healthcare settings. This paper tries to list out the possible reasons for why these errors occur despite of expensive medical facilities and qualified practitioners, how these errors happen and how can they be avoided at each and every level. Also, what is effect of these errors on patients, physicians is explained in brief. Number of medical errors cases reported year is alarmingly higher than other forms of natural mortality rates. Whole medical team should work to reduce these errors and protect patients and also provide quality care.
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In short it is defined as “Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals, which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings” ("Reference.md," ). There are many reasons for these errors starting from initial patient diagnosis, primary care, faulty diagnostic tests, and wrong prescription of medicines, inappropriate drug dosages, improper surgery and post- surgical
Nitin samireddy
Wilmington University
Abstract
Medical field in the United States is grandiose of all other fields. The healthcare system in the United States is the most complicated. The country spends one of the highest GDPs on health care, but lags behind in patient satisfaction and overall health of the population. Nationally nearly 41,000 or 1 out of 10 patients harmed every year. Community hospital patients have a much higher rate of overall harm. More than 15,000 patients suffered potentially avoidable complications in just 1 month while being cared for in NHS organizations & other healthcare settings. This paper tries to list out the possible reasons for why these errors occur despite of expensive medical facilities and qualified practitioners, how these errors happen and how can they be avoided at each and every level. Also, what is effect of these errors on patients, physicians is explained in brief. Number of medical errors cases reported year is alarmingly higher than other forms of natural mortality rates. Whole medical team should work to reduce these errors and protect patients and also provide quality care.
Brief insight into …show more content…
In short it is defined as “Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals, which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings” ("Reference.md," ). There are many reasons for these errors starting from initial patient diagnosis, primary care, faulty diagnostic tests, and wrong prescription of medicines, inappropriate drug dosages, improper surgery and post- surgical