Overview
Answer the following 2 prompts separately. Each one must be 250 words. Do on word but make sure they are answered separately.
- For this discussion assignment, conduct research to identify a real-life adverse event that has occurred in a healthcare environment in the last five years. Provide an overview of the adverse event you selected and explain the outcome and impact the event had on the patient, healthcare professional(s) involved, and the healthcare organization. What actions could healthcare administrators take to reduce the reoccurrence of the event you described?
- Examples of adverse events include, but are not limited it:
- Surgical events - wrong patient, wrong site, wrong procedure, retained foreign body
- Product/device related - contaminated products, air embolism
- Patient protection events - patient elopement, suicide
- Care management issues - medication errors, mismatched blood transfusion
- Environmental factors - burn, electric shock, wrong gas
- Criminal events - sexual assault, impersonation, physical assault
- Discuss the importance of the following concepts in healthcare leaders, and how one can demonstrate the following:
- Change Management
- Commitment