Summary: The Medical Error Prevention Program

The Medical Error Prevention Program will cover the issues involved medical errors such as the causes and the entities involved. There are different causes of medical errors such as individual and system. These errors have led to serious harm and results in the medical field. For example, in 2013 the Institute of Medical of the United States, the reported that there is one case of medical errors daily in the medical systems and thus this paper will look at the ethical and legal issues relating to the prevention of errors. The delivery of information will be done in classes and through charts and publications such as magazines.

Medical Error Prevention Program

Introduction

Medical errors occur due to various reasons depending on the medical

However, most of the methods suggested by different studies and programs have failed due to various reasons (Chasin, 2011). In addition, the Institute of Medicine has shown that “on average, hospitalized patients are subject to at least one medication error per day (Radley, et.al. 2013, pg. 2).” When the number is totaled up, it becomes a serious case as it amounts to a large number of cases annually. In 2013, James the president of the Joint Commission indicated that there are 400,000 deaths annually and they are related to medical errors which can be

It will involve 10 individuals from the schools who will be participating in educating the participants on the issues of prevention of errors. The motto of the program will be “Prevention is Better than Cure.” The moral of the motto is to make the participants understand that it better to avoid something that waiting for it to happen and start looking for means to control it. The vision of the organization will be based on Risk Avoidance for a Health Society. The individuals involved in the program believe in a health community and to meet this, the programs has to help the both the personnel and the systems in preventing errors that come a long with medical service delivery. The program therefore, has narrowed down to look at the causes of errors being the individuals and the systems. Causes of individual errors are; lack of knowledge on the subject matter, fatigue, substance use such as influence of alcohol, less sleep and poor health conditions. Causes of system errors are; environmental issues such as noise pollution, use of outdated methods for medical services, new methods such as technology and limited or lack of communication