Summary: Applying The Background And Methodology Of The Research Process
Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care
Debra Wilson
HCS/465
February 9, 2015
Terri Peters
Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care
Background Statement
It is a widely-known fact that mistakes and errors occur in the providing of medical treatment and health care on an all too regular basis. One of the most common type of mistake or error made involves medication errors made in the medication process. Medication errors in hospitals especially, are known to be a regular occurrence. In fact, numerous studies have pointed out that medication errors, and adverse drug reactions resulting from them, are one of the foremost reasons for adverse events in hospitals that result in patient disability and death for approximately 6 1/2% of hospital patient admissions. This study, and others like it, indicate that a great many medication errors have to do with errors in doses and prescriptions, and nearly 50% of these types of errors resulted from missing actions in the medication process.
Definition of the problem
Medication errors are a well-known, and unfortunately, an all too prevalent occurrence in hospitals and similar health care settings. Additionally, written material or literature on the topic of medication errors is lacking in …show more content…
Included are discharge summaries, which mark the point where discharged patients are on their own when it comes to administering medications to themselves properly by following instructions included in, or resulting from, hopefully correct and appropriate discharge summaries and prescriptions that accompany
Debra Wilson
HCS/465
February 9, 2015
Terri Peters
Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care
Background Statement
It is a widely-known fact that mistakes and errors occur in the providing of medical treatment and health care on an all too regular basis. One of the most common type of mistake or error made involves medication errors made in the medication process. Medication errors in hospitals especially, are known to be a regular occurrence. In fact, numerous studies have pointed out that medication errors, and adverse drug reactions resulting from them, are one of the foremost reasons for adverse events in hospitals that result in patient disability and death for approximately 6 1/2% of hospital patient admissions. This study, and others like it, indicate that a great many medication errors have to do with errors in doses and prescriptions, and nearly 50% of these types of errors resulted from missing actions in the medication process.
Definition of the problem
Medication errors are a well-known, and unfortunately, an all too prevalent occurrence in hospitals and similar health care settings. Additionally, written material or literature on the topic of medication errors is lacking in …show more content…
Included are discharge summaries, which mark the point where discharged patients are on their own when it comes to administering medications to themselves properly by following instructions included in, or resulting from, hopefully correct and appropriate discharge summaries and prescriptions that accompany