Reducing medical errors is one of the challenges healthcare providers and medical technology companies focused on at the Jan. 13 patient safety summit held by the Patient Safety, Science & Technology Movement.
By the end of the summit, healthcare providers and medtech companies had pledged to work toward reaching zero preventable patient deaths by 2020 by committing to various "recipes" for improving patient safety.
Here is the leadership plan included in the recipe for reducing medical errors, specifically medication-related errors:
• The plan should include fundamentals of change outlined in the National Quality Foundation safe practices, including awareness, accountability, ability and action.
• Hospital governance and senior administrative leadership must commit to become aware of this major performance gap in their own healthcare system.
• Hospital governance, senior administrative leadership and clinical/safety leadership must close their own performance gap by implementing a comprehensive approach to addressing the performance gap.
• A specific goal date should be set to implement the plan to address the gap with measurable quality indicators.
• Specific budget allocations for the plan should be evaluated by governance boards and senior administrative leaders.
• Clinical/safety leadership should endorse the plan and drive implementation across all providers and systems.
The recipe also included practice and technology plans.
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By the end of the summit, healthcare providers and medtech companies had pledged to work toward reaching zero preventable patient deaths by 2020 by committing to various "recipes" for improving patient safety.
Here is the leadership plan included in the recipe for reducing medical errors, specifically medication-related errors:
• The plan should include fundamentals of change outlined in the National Quality Foundation safe practices, including awareness, accountability, ability and action.
• Hospital governance and senior administrative leadership must commit to become aware of this major performance gap in their own healthcare system.
• Hospital governance, senior administrative leadership and clinical/safety leadership must close their own performance gap by implementing a comprehensive approach to addressing the performance gap.
• A specific goal date should be set to implement the plan to address the gap with measurable quality indicators.
• Specific budget allocations for the plan should be evaluated by governance boards and senior administrative leaders.
• Clinical/safety leadership should endorse the plan and drive implementation across all providers and systems.
The recipe also included practice and technology plans.
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