Medical Errors In Health Care
A medication error is any avoidable event that may cause or lead to untimely medication use or patient harm; however, while the medication is still in control of the health care administer (Brock, 2006). 80 percent of the most severe medical errors can be interrelated communication between clinicians, primarily in handoffs. For example, a handoff is a medical error if information regarding an essential diagnostic test is not communicated carefully and properly between providers at shift change (Starme, 2015). However, the end result could be a detrimentally harmful delay in patient care.
These incidents can drastically reduce if healthcare professionals would take the time to fully understand and thoroughly communication between one another. Health care professional must realize they are dealing with people’s lives within a hospital setting. In particular, a significant amount of decisions …show more content…
For example, consider a nurse administrator who makes a severe medication dose mistake. If one of the reasons leading the nurse to make the error is that she is working a third shift, or has a heavy patient load, or is not ineffectively trained, whose responsibility is that? Health care management needs to efficiently manage for all patient safety just as they manage for efficacy and profit maximization. Continuous nonmalficence and beneficent safety must become part of what a health care organization prides itself on.
References
Brock, D. (2006). Ethical Issues in Resource Allocation, Research, and New Product Development. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11739/: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11739/
Starme, A. (2015). Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff Program. Retrieved from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1405556#t=article:
These incidents can drastically reduce if healthcare professionals would take the time to fully understand and thoroughly communication between one another. Health care professional must realize they are dealing with people’s lives within a hospital setting. In particular, a significant amount of decisions …show more content…
For example, consider a nurse administrator who makes a severe medication dose mistake. If one of the reasons leading the nurse to make the error is that she is working a third shift, or has a heavy patient load, or is not ineffectively trained, whose responsibility is that? Health care management needs to efficiently manage for all patient safety just as they manage for efficacy and profit maximization. Continuous nonmalficence and beneficent safety must become part of what a health care organization prides itself on.
References
Brock, D. (2006). Ethical Issues in Resource Allocation, Research, and New Product Development. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11739/: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11739/
Starme, A. (2015). Changes in Medical Errors after Implementation of a Handoff Program. Retrieved from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1405556#t=article: