Patient Safety Culture
In the article, Patient Safety and Patient Safety Culture: Foundations of Excellent Health
Care Delivery, by Ulrich and Kear (2014), patient safety issues are identified and ways to improve these safety issues are also discussed. “Patient safety forms the foundation of healthcare delivery
[…] ensuring patient safety requires the ongoing, focused efforts of every member of the healthcare team” (Ulrich & Kear, 2014). In 1999, a report was released regarding the number of medical errors and injures/deaths caused by these errors. This report eventually was released to the media across the U.S. which was regarding the lack of patient safety in health care organizations.
That report stated that about 98,000 people died and up to one million
Care Delivery, by Ulrich and Kear (2014), patient safety issues are identified and ways to improve these safety issues are also discussed. “Patient safety forms the foundation of healthcare delivery
[…] ensuring patient safety requires the ongoing, focused efforts of every member of the healthcare team” (Ulrich & Kear, 2014). In 1999, a report was released regarding the number of medical errors and injures/deaths caused by these errors. This report eventually was released to the media across the U.S. which was regarding the lack of patient safety in health care organizations.
That report stated that about 98,000 people died and up to one million