Tips for Avoiding Healthcare Errors

The following post was submitted by Jordan Harless, our Healthcare Research and Development Associate.

In the root cause analysis world, we look back to find out what went wrong after a healthcare error or where the process was flawed or broken. The same can be done before an event happens. We look at data and processes and find the ways that the process will break down.

In healthcare the human element is an unavoidable obstacle. If there were no humans in healthcare there would be far fewer errors. Of course no one wants a robot for a doctor. Human errors can come from many sources such as: procedures, training, quality control, communication, management systems, human engineering, and work direction.

If you or someone you know has suffered from a medical mistake, take a look at the article and see if you can find some tips that could have prevented the mistake. Better yet, use these ideas to prevent the next medical error from happening to you.

http://www.browardhealth.org/?id=1006&sid=1

With so much that can go wrong we as potential patients at some point in our lives, we need to be especially vigilant in reviewing our care/treatment.

If you work at a facility interested in improving patient safety, consider attending a TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis course. Learn all of the essentials to get to the root cause of an incident in our 2-day course:

http://www.taproot.com/courses#2-day-incident