Can Software Enhance Patient Safety

Jan 11, 2013

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Can Software Enhance Patient Safety

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Patient Safety

National Institute of Medicine report 1999. Significance of Medical Error. 44,000 - 98,000 deaths per year3 jumbo jets crashing every other day5th leading cause of deathMore in 6 months than in VietnamAnnual cost 37-50 billion dollars. How Hazardous Is Health Care?. . . . . . . . . . . 1/2.

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Patient Safety

Better Health, Better Care . http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/08/13165824/0 7. Ensure continuous improvement in services, with a determined focus on patient safety . Guarantees of safety 1. Quality systemAuditTrainingSOPsContinuous improvementDoesn't extend far outside the laboratory.

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Patient Safety:

Patient Safety:. Understanding Human Error in Healthcare. Aims. To develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes that promote: the reduction of medical error to improve patient safety learning from error in healthcare to improve patient safety. Learning Outcomes. Knowledge

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Patient Safety

Patient Safety. Education and training to European Specialist in Laboratory Medicine. Why Patient safety. 70% of medical decision based on laboratory medicine Risk of wrong result or wrongly interpreted result leads to wrong treatment, possibly causing dead

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PATIENT SAFETY

PATIENT SAFETY. Justin MFIZI Patient Safety officer KFH. HISTORY OF PATIENT SAFETY AND ORIGINS. Millennia ago, Hippocrates recognized the potential for injuries that arise from the well intentioned actions of healers.

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Patient Safety

Patient Safety. Patient safety and reducing medical error has always been a top priority Institute of Medicine Report 1999 “More people die from medical errors each year than from suicides, highway accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS” 44,000 - 98,000 deaths per year. Medical Error.

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Patient Safety

Patient Safety. Marianne Cosgrove, CRNA, DNAP, APRN. Human Error. An inappropriate or undesirable human decision or behavior that reduces or has the potential for reducing: effectiveness system performance safety. Healthcare Errors.

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Patient Safety

Patient Safety. Edward Crooks MD, CMQ, CLSSBB. Patient Safety. Perspective 1990 IOM published To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health Care System

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Patient Safety

Patient Safety. Evelyn M. Hickson, RN, MSN, CNS, WCC. Objectives. By the end of the presentation, the participant will be able to: Describe the most common causes of medication errors and the actions needed to ensure safe medication administration

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Patient Safety

Patient Safety. …. Don’t get sick in July…. What Can I do as a Medical Student?. What you can do. Be a patient advocate Pay attention Ask questions. Medication Reconciliation. Take this on this year…. Reconciliation? Bringing together, making “right”. What is medication reconciliation?.

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Patient Safety

Patient Safety. Learning objectives. Describe the role of infection prevention and control (IPC) in patient safety programmes . List at least eight main elements of patient safety culture.

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patient safety

patient safety. History of patient safety :. 1955 when Codman who is also known as father of Patient safety looked at the outcome of patient care 1984 Anaesthesia patient safety foundation established 1992 first medical practice study across different specialties

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Patient safety

Patient safety. Dr Jumana Baaj Consultant Anesthesia Assistant Professor KSU-KKUH. Safe Anaesthesia practice- Current Trends. Safety? Whose safety?. Anesthesia is an area in which very impressive improvements in. safety have been made. How safe is surgery and anesthesia?.

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Infectious Disease Verification to Enhance Patient Safety

Infectious Disease Verification to Enhance Patient Safety. Operations and Safety Committee. What problem will the proposal solve?. Prevent unintended disease transmission of: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Cytomegalovirus (CMV).

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