Description
This online independent study course (Reducing Medical Errors) covers causes of medical errors, common errors and how to prevent them, root cause analysis, and Florida’s medical error reporting requirements.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to learn:
- Prevalence of medical errors in United States
- Efforts to reduce medical errors at national and state level
- Incentives for healthcare providers and facilities to reduce medical errors
- Florida’s effort to reduce and prevent medical errors and improve patient safety
- Types of medical errors
- Factors that increases risk of medical errors
- Prevention of medical errors in special needs population
- Recommends on reducing or eliminating medical errors
- Improving patient safety through prompt reporting of errors. Identify responsibilities of healthcare providers for prompt reporting of medical errors
- Root Cause Analysis: To identify changes that could be made to systems and processes to improve performance and reduce risk of recurrence of the adverse events
- Role of electronic medical records (EMRs) and other information technology to improve communication and patient safety in hospitals and other healthcare facilities
- Public education and awareness measures related to patient safety
Contact Hours : 2 Hours
CE Broker Course ID: 20-304720
Approved By The Following Boards / Councils:
- Florida Board of Dentistry
- Florida Board of Nursing
- Florida Board of Nursing – Certified Nursing Assistants
- Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
- Florida Board of Pharmacy
- Florida Board of Massage Therapy
- Florida Office of Dental Laboratories
- Florida Board of Physical Therapy Practice
- Florida Board of Respiratory Care
- Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
- Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery
- Florida Board of Nursing Homes
- Florida Electrolysis Council
If your licensing board is not listed above, you will not receive course completion credit for the course. Please check with CEBroker for approved courses applicable to your profession.
CE Broker Provider ID: 50-12950
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