patient safety 2
Use the Institute for Health Care Improvement Open School resources for the following assignment (www.ihi.org (Links to an external site.)). Note that you will need to create a free student account in order to access the material.
- Complete PS 101, Introduction to Patient Safety and PS 102, Error to Harm. Upload your certificate to Canvas.
- Review one of the short patient stories of harm (with video) on the IHI website, or find another story in the industry press that describes a case of patient harm.
In a short (2-page) paper, summarize the facts of the case. What happened to the patient? Apply James Reason’s model for classifying unsafe acts to the story; which is the best category for describing the incident in your story? What actions could the organization take to prevent a similar situation from occurring in future?
