6. Create Safer Care Systems

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MBBS MHPE FACP · Course Director, LMH 521
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Overview

The first step in reducing medical errors and providing safe patient care is to analyze and categorize the kinds of errors that occur and all the complex steps that lead to those errors. The next step is to create systems of care that interrupt the steps and prevent or at least reduce the frequency of those errors. 

Abstract and learning objectives

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required reading

  1. Anatomy of an Error 
    This module is designed to give you an understanding of human error and an opportunity to examine the structure and types of errors. 
  2. Fundamentals of Patient Safety (slides 3–18)
    This slide set that was developed at Texas Children’s Hospital will help you to consolidate these principles.   
  1. Review Chapter 1. A Comprehensive Approach to Improving Patient Safety. To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System.   
  2. Review the Definitions Used in Patient Safety. AHRQ Patient Safety 101. 

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Give an example of any of these that you might have witnessed in the clerkship. Do NOT include identifiers relating to patients, healthcare systems, providers:

  • A latent error.
  • A rule-based mistake.
  • Confirmation bias.

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