Medical errors present serious health issues and pose a threat to patient safety.
Medical errors present serious health issues and pose a threat to patient safety. Patients developing adverse events or dying as a consequence of medical errors has become a major problem to healthcare providers. A Johns Hopkins study estimated that more than 250,000 Americans die each year attributable to medical errors (Allen & Pierce, 2016).
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Allen, M., & Pierce, O. (2016, May). Medical Errors Are No. 3 Cause Of U.S Deaths. NPR. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org
Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, research one key medical error in a healthcare organization and create at least five strategies to reduce or eliminate the error.
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