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Medical Errors
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Medical Errors
The organizational problem is medical errors. Medical errors are associated with diagnostic procedures, equipment use, and medication errors. Medical errors fail to meet the requirements of quality and other requirements of regulation because they can lead to incorrect or incomplete patient care (Tawfik et al., 2018, p. 1573). It can also cause inter-departmental conflicts, communication failures, and budgeting issues. Medical errors can result in poor patient care quality and increased mortalities.
Inter-departmental conflicts can arise when there is a discrepancy in how different departments handle medical errors. For example, if one department is consistently making errors while another department has no errors, this could lead to conflict between the two departments. In addition, communication failures can occur when there is a lack of communication between different departments or members of the same department (Ahmed et al., 2019, p. 7). This can lead to employees’ confusion and frustration and may lead to errors. Finally, budgeting issues can arise when the cost of addressing medal errors is higher than the budgeted amount. This can lead to difficult decisions about allocating resources and ultimately impact the quality of care.
Medical errors can be challenging to address in a healthcare organization. Medical errors are among the causes of mortalities in the United States of America. The consistent causes of medical errors can be challenging to determine. Nevertheless, these errors are associated with serious problems in public health. The major error types include omission and commission errors (Rodziewicz et al., 2021, p. 28). Data from the organization’s internal systems may show that there have been a high number of medical errors in the past.
Medical errors have been addressed in the past in various ways, such as through the education of healthcare workers. The education of the healthcare workers increases awareness and promotes their practice in administering healthcare services to patients (Ahmed et al., 2019, p. 11). Close supervision of the healthcare workers and increasing training while recruiting new staff also reduce medical errors. Offering training programs helps the newly recruited staff fit into the healthcare organization system and reduces their chances of making errors in the organization. Medical errors have also been addressed by improving communication between the medical staff and the healthcare departments (Gautham, 2020, p. 62). This reduces gaps and ensures effective communication among the department and the healthcare workers.
Several relevant quality initiatives, standards for accreditation, safety, and compliance, and promote safety culture within the organization. For instance, the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals includes a goal to minimize the medication errors risk. In addition, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Open Safety Standard promotes transparency and collaboration around safety issues.
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Ahmed, Z., Saada, M., Jones, A. M., & Al-Hamid, A. M. (2019). Medical errors: Healthcare professionals’ perspective at a tertiary hospital in Kuwait. PLOS ONE, 14(5), e0217023. 2-13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217023
Gautham, K. S. (2020). Addressing disruptive and unprofessional physician behavior. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 46(2), 61-63. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32434658/
Rodziewicz, T. L., Hipskind, J. E., & Houseman, B. (2021, August 6). Medical error prevention. National Library of Medicine; StatPearls Publishing.27-34. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499956/
Tawfik, D. S., Profit, J., Morgenthaler, T. I., Satele, D. V., Sinsky, C. A., Dyrbye, L. N., … & Shanafelt, T. D. (2018, November). Physician burnout, well-being, and work unit safety grades relate to reported medical errors. Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Vol. 93, No. 11, pp. 1571-1580). Elsevier.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30001832/
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