Question

discuss how errors in care affect healthcare organizations in the context of the challenges currently facing hospitals both to provide the standards of care and to keep patients safe from harm, negligence, and errors in care. Discuss your answers in the context of a “position paper” regarding the major points of the Darling and Quaid cases.

Answer 1

Medical errors in healthcare are unavoidable when the patient is in ongoing clinical intervention. It may not be happened due to negligence. for instance allergic reaction caused as a result of administration of antibiotic.

If the patient history doesn't reveals priorly that he or she is allergic to particular drug, physician may not able to find that until he comes to know from adverse reactions. it is a medical error. even if the history clearly reveals about the allergic drugs still they have administered it is a act of negligence.

Negligence is the act in which health care personnels fails to provide the standard treatment of care.

How to prevent?

Prevention of communication break downs inorder to avoid wrong communications or misunderstandings

Adequate patient asessment to rule out all the possible patient's issues.

Proper follwing of rights to prevent getting medication errors

Control of infection

Proper training on medical equipments