Improving Health Care Quality and Safety for People with Disabilities: An Interview with Lisa Iezzoni

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 400-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Berman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Improving Health Care

The Use of Simulation Training in Teaching Health Care Quality and Safety: An Annotated Bibliography

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Abraham ◽  
Dina M. Wade ◽  
Katherine A. O'Connell ◽  
Susan Desharnais ◽  
Richard Jacoby
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Quality And Safety

Medical Errors

2017 ◽  
pp. 33-60
Author(s):  
Jayita Poduval
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
System Failures ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Improving Health Care

The impact of medical errors on the delivery of health care is massive, and it significantly reduces health care quality. They could be largely attributed to system failures and not human weakness. Therefore improving health care quality and ensuring quality control in health care would mean making systems function in a better manner. In order to achieve this all sections of society as well as industry must be involved. Reporting of medical error needs to be encouraged and this may be ensured if health care professionals as well as administrators and health consumers come forward without fear of being blamed. To get to the root of the problem- literally and metaphorically- a root cause analysis and audit must be carried out whenever feasible. Persons outside the medical care establishment also need to work with medical service providers to set standards of performance, competence and excellence.

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