Running head: Preventing Medication Errors Preventing Medication Errors: Safe Medication Use is Achievable and Affordable Chareese W. Brown DePaul University HTHC 523-201: Winter 2012 January 17‚ 2012 Almost everyone will take prescription and non-prescription medication. It is estimated that 82% of United States (U.S.) adults will use prescription medicines‚ over-the-counter remedies‚ and/or dietary/herbal supplements. Nearly one-third will use five or more different medications (citation)
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2009‚ p.65). These two theories have become increasingly popular in influencing new approaches to managing healthcare organizations (Johnson‚ 2009). There are errors that managers have been trying to avoid in order to keep the organization from failing. In this paper I will discuss different errors amongst these theories. The first error to be discussed‚ According to Johnson (2009) “Failing to account for employees’ ability to learn safe machine operation methods by experimenting on their own with
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The fundamental attribution error a more common name for the correspondence bias is defined as the tendency of people to make dispositional attributions for others behaviors. (Duff‚ 2012) For example‚ if a cashier failed to smile at you while checking out at the store‚ you might assume that they are just miserable and rude. You wouldn’t take anything else into consideration. You’d be judging their behavior based “who they are” rather than taking situational factors into consideration. The observations
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Forecasting Error Forecasting is a preparation tool that helps a company figure out what might happen in the future; and to do so‚ the company will primarily rely on data from both the past and present to figure out possible trends. Forecasts can be made in short term‚ medium term or long term. When it comes to forecasting it is important for a company to look at all possible factors including fluctuation of prices and the market‚ possible declines in the economy‚ technological errors and so much
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Medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient (FDA‚ 2009). Being one of the most common medical errors‚ medication errors are not a subject to take without due consideration. In 2006‚ the National Academies stated “Studies indicate that 400‚000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals. Another 800‚000 occur in long-term care settings‚ and roughly 530‚000 occur just among Medicare recipients in outpatient
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September 2008 How to Dispute Credit Report Errors Y our credit report contains information about where you live‚ how you pay your bills‚ and whether you’ve been sued or arrested‚ or have filed for bankruptcy. Credit reporting companies sell the information in your report to creditors‚ insurers‚ employers‚ and other businesses that use it to evaluate your applications for credit‚ insurance‚ employment‚ or renting a home. The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) promotes the accuracy
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Reduce Risk for Errors CPOE and EMR have been known to decrease medical errors. EMR help prevent unnecessary orders and diagnostic test. EMR also prevents duplication of the same test and orders. Medication are shown in the electronic medical record which providers have access to. The ability to access a patient’s medications without having to rely on just patient information will lower risk. A patient may not always be certain of a dosage or the exact name of a medication and the electronic medical
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people are injured annually in the United States from medication errors. It is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. According to the National Counsel for medication error Reporting and prevention defines medication error as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medications in the control of the health professional‚ patient or consumers. Medication errors are surprising common and costly in all nation. Medications administration
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In this paper‚ I am going to be comparing two different articles about medication errors by nurses. Medication errors happen way too often and I hope that by writing this paper‚ I can help reduce my chance or someone else’s chance of making a medication error. The first medication error article that I read was about a male patient in Florida. The patient was complaining of an upset stomach so the physician prescribed an antacid. Instead of giving the patient an antacid‚ that nurse gave the patient
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Error Identification (10 marks) The following text has 10 errors (excluding the example). In the space provided‚ write down the line number against each error and give the correct answer. Do not copy the text. Example: Line Error Correction 1 are is 1 General Steel is one of the most recognized name in the international steel building industry. In addition to being able to supply quality steel buildings anywhere in the United States‚ General Steel have provided customers
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