medical errors
Review the following:
- Standards of care in the Emergency Room: Waiting Times
- Quaid vs. Baxter healthcare Corporation
- To Err is Human, Building a Safer Healthcare System
- Errors in Healthcare, a leading cause of death and injury
- To Err is Human, to Delay may be Deadly
Then write a 2-4 page essay discussing 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.
Requirements for the essay:
- Must be completed in APA format.
- Must be at least 2 double spaced pages; maximum page length 4 double spaced pages (2-4 double spaced pages).
- Must be completed in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file
Refer to the attached rubric for grading specifics.
Answer preview
In the US, the health care facilities are expected to offer quality health services to all clients regardless of their conditions, sex, race and so on. Standard health care services are based on patient satisfaction and the ability to eradicate or mitigate medical errors. A large number of medical errors reported interfere with the national goal of improving health care services. According to Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, (2000), medical errors entail failure in the treatment which eventually causes great harm to the patients. Medical errors have greatly contributed to many deaths or leaving irreversible disabilities such…
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