Patient Safety: A Critical Issue

Award(s):
Aegis Award of Excellence, Winner
Aurora Awards, Platinum, Best of Show

All healthcare facilities are at risk for medical errors, but with great attention to the causative factors and proven, evidence-based strategies, they can be prevented. Patient safety is everyone’s concern.

This program produced in association with:

Clinical Advisor(s):
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD

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Learning Objective: To help healthcare personnel understand their role in patient safety, strategies for prevention, and the importance of reporting errors or near misses

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This award winning program covers The Joint Commission and CMS Guidelines mandating that all healthcare facilities make patient safety a top priority, and features respected healthcare professionals as they discuss some of the critical issues facing healthcare today.

After viewing this program healthcare professionals will be able to:

• Recognize the most common sources of errors, including medication errors
• Know what and when to report, including near misses
• Conduct a root cause analysis
• Understand the process of disclosure
• Explain the importance of a risk assessment method such as the FMEA (Failure Mode, Effects and Analysis) approach

Use this program for:

• New Employee Orientation
• Annual In-Service
• Mandatory Training
• Nursing Education
• Remedial/Risk Reduction Training
• General Staff Education
• Medical Staff

 

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