The Donabedian Model
The Donabedian model, also known as the Patient Safety and Quality Research Design, PSQRD, strives to create positive patient health outcomes by building a relationship between healthcare quality, structure and process. It is formally defined as “the framework for measuring quality based on organizational structure, processes, and their linkages to patient outcomes” (Nelson and Staggers, 2013, p.327). Through these links, PSQRD and health information technology having been trying to reduce the negative patient outcomes associated with medication errors.
To reduce medication errors, a bar code system has been implemented in many healthcare facilities (Nelson and Staggers, 2013). The patient obtains an I.D bracelet upon admission that has a
To reduce medication errors, a bar code system has been implemented in many healthcare facilities (Nelson and Staggers, 2013). The patient obtains an I.D bracelet upon admission that has a