Medical Errors

Paper Summary:

This paper takes a detailed look at what the health care industry is doing in order to combat the current crisis of deaths due to preventable medical errors. The paper also examines the benefits and challenges to the system, which the health care industry is implementing to deal with the problem, and provides recommended guidelines for improving patient safety.

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Medical Errors Background Information
Stakeholders
Type of Errors
Mandatory Reporting Systems
Challenges
Legal Protection of Error Information
Public Disclosure of Errors
Legislation
Patient Involvement
Recommended Guidelines
Elements Impacting Mandatory Reporting Costs
The Mandatory System at Work: Florida and NY
Use and Analysis of Data: Florida
Use and Analysis of Data: New York
Cost Analysis of Reporting Programs

From the Paper:

"The solution is to crate an atmosphere in hospitals that fosters less blame, not more, according to the IOM report. A blue-ribbon pane appointed by the IOM argues that the failure to acknowledge and analyze mistakes deprives hospitals of important information that could help prevent similar mistakes in the future. However, many in the healthcare industry argue that mandatory reporting of errors will foster an atmosphere of lawsuits and backlash by the public. The end results would be increased costs, higher insurance premiums, and an overall distrust of hospitals and other healthcare facilities."

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