8- Err is Human (incomplete)

Question 1

44,00-99,000 people die each year in hospitals form what?

Answer 1

Medical errors

Question 2

This is the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use or a wrong plan to achieve an aim.

Answer 2

Medical errors

Question 3

What 3 departments in the hospital have hthe highest error rates with serious consequences?

Answer 3

ICU
Surgery
ED

Question 4

How many billions of $ does preventable medical errors toll each year in hospitals nationwide?

Answer 4

$17-29 billion

Question 5

Not only are errors costly in terms of loss of trust in the healthcare system by patients, but there is diminished satisifcation in both patients and whom?

Answer 5

Health professionals

Question 6

True or False: a fragmented system like ours, where patients see multiple providers in different settings, increases the risk for errors.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What type of medical error category do these fall under?

error or delay in Dx, failure to test, use of outmoded tests or therapy, or failure to act on results of monitoring or testing.

Answer 7

Diagnostic

Question 8

What type of medical error category do these fall under?

error in the performance of an operation, procedure or test, error in administering the Tx, error in dose or method of using a drug, delay in Tx or responding to an abnormal test, or inappropriate care.

Answer 8

Treatment

Question 9

What type of medical error category do these fall under?

failure to provide prophylactic treatment, inadequate monitoring or follow-up treatment

Answer 9

Preventative

Question 10

Many medical providers find what issue as a serious impediment to systematic efforts to uncover and learn from errors?

Answer 10

Medical liability

Question 11

Who made the “to err is human” report in 1999?

Answer 11

The Quality of Helathcare in America Committee of the Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Question 12

What are the 4 targets by the Err is Human report aimed to reduce preventable medical errors?

Answer 12

Government
Healthcare providers
Industry
Consumers

Question 13

What was the goal of % reduction in errors in 5 years after the report was issued?

Answer 13

50%

Question 14

True or False: the report claimed that the majority of medical errors come from individual recklessness or the actions of a particular group.

Answer 14

False.

they’re commonly from faulty systems, processes, and conditions that lead people to make mistakes or fail to prevent them.

Question 15

So waht is the #1 way to design the healthcare system to make it safer?

Answer 15

Make ti harder for people to do something wrong and easier for them to do it right