Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
 Modules  Module 4: The “Analysis” of Medical Error, and Implementation
1. Introduction to Course
2. History of Patient Safety
3. The Science of Human Error
4. The Analysis of Medical Error
5. Evidence-Based Medical Practice
6. Communication and Information Transfer
7. Adverse Patient Outcomes
8. The Role of the Patient and Family
9. Environmental Safety in the Medical Setting
10. Safe Medical Practice In Ambulatory Settings

Stronger Actions

  • Architectural/physical plant changes
  • Tangible involvement and action by leadership in support of patient safety
  • Simplify the process and remove unnecessary steps
  • Standardize on equipment or process or care-maps
  • New device with usability testing before purchasing
  • Engineering control or interlock (forcing functions)
 
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