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write on the following topic and include the references below as well as new references in app style. graduate level course writing is required
also cite biblical references
topic:
Frequent Causes of Medical Errors How to Improve Medical Errors,
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Hello there,I just finished the paper you asked for. You have the final version attached to this message under the name of "Medical Errors". In total, I wrote 10 pages ( 1 cover page, 2 reference page, 7 content page) and I closely followed your instructions.I included all the articles you mentioned in the word you sent me and also some extra ones in order to make the entire essay more fluent and easy to understand. Table of content for your paper:*Cover Page*Introduction* Medication Administration Errors* Electronic health records* Physicians Handwriting* Medication Prone Errors* Conclusion *References-----Please confirm that you got the file and in case you need any kind of edits, don't hesitate to text me. I will gladly help you
Hello there,As promised i am back with a final version of the outline. I wrote it in a pro way this time so you can sent it to your professor. I followed the instructions given above together with the example provided. I will attach again both the new updated outline and also the final version of the essay(which is not changed , i only edited the outline since you stated the essay is good).Please take a look when you have time and keep me posted if you need any further changes. I think this is what you had in mind for the outline.
Medical Errors Outline
I. Introduction
Medical malpractice or medical negligence, independent of the terminology used or
the medical field, implies the violation, in multiple ways, of the professional rules in
relation to the "standard care" offered by other doctors in similar circumstances. In
statistical data, over 7% of physicians (of which 5% are family doctors) each year
are judged for malpractice. Because of the importance of this subject and also
because of the numerous examples of malpractice, the paper has the role of
focusing on the major ones and giving solutions to them.
Thesis Statement
In terms of statistics, the paid medical malpractice claims in the U.S are decreasing
each year. This suggests that the medical system is heading in the right direction.
Even so, if it was to check the graphic, it would be noticed that the decline is very
slow which means that multiple approaches are needed. If in 2001 there were
around 16.000 malpractice claims in the States, in 2016 their number dropped to
almost half of it ( 8,500 claims). The states which have the largest population are
also the one who face this problem most frequently. Based on the data provided in
this paper, it is thought that implement the majority of the technology presented
below could have dramatically decreased the claims of malpractice.(David
Belk,Malpractice Statistics,2016)
II. Medication Administration Errors
1. Issue being addressed:
a. Drug administration represents one of the greatest
responsibilities of a nurse. Even so, in some situations, wrong
administrations can occur and is the health systems responsibility
to find ways to avoid them
b. The following factors can influence medication errors: lack of
training, inadequate knowledge in regard to the patient or the drug,
inadequate knowledge in regard of the outcome, both physical and
emotional issues, poor communication, workload and also time
pressure, lack of protocols, wrong labeling etc.
(Feleke,Mulatu,Yesmaw,2015)
c. Statistically speaking, the highest percentage when referring to
medication errors are represented by administration errors followed by
dispensing error and last the transcription error.
(Feleke,Mulatu,Yesmaw,2015)
d. A frequent cause of medication error is represented by the lack of
the five rights ( right patient, right timing, right dosage, right administration
and right medication). (Feleke,Mulatu,Yesmaw,2015)
2. Possible Solution:
a. Implementation of a BCMA -Bar Code Medication
Administration
b. Whenever the nurse will have to offer a medication, he/she will
have to scan the patient's wristband and also the medication to confirm that
all the five rights. Once this step is done, the medication can be
administered.
c. One of the studies pointed out that the implementation of this
program leads to the reduction of wrong medications being administered to
the right patient by 41% (Truitt,Thomspon,Martin,NiSai,2016)
d. The study also pointed out that it reduced the right medication
given to the wrong patient by 74% (Truitt,Thomspon,Martin,NiSai,2016)
3. State of implementation and obstacles
a. In terms of Kurt Lewin's models of change, there are three steps
that need to be followed: unfreeze, change and refreeze
b. Unfreeze refers to the fact that the employees are ready for a
change
c. Based on the latest implementation statistics, there is a 49.6%
implementation rate in terms of this software. (Veen,van den
Bemt,Bilsma,Gier,Taxis,2017)
d. Disadvantages: the cost for such a product can be high even
though the price for malpractice cases is even higher, many nurses see this
BCMA system as more tasks for them. (Veen,van den
Bemt,Bilsma,Gier,Taxis,2017)
e. Studies pointed out that indeed BCMA increases the time a nurse
has to spend with a patient which can result in less time for the other
patients. (Truitt,Thomspon,Martin,NiSai,2016)
III. Electronic health records
1. Issue being addressed:
a. In many situations physicians are not able to keep track of
patients ambulatory interventions and chronic pathologies.
b. The need of Electronic health records is essential in case of
patients with multiple diagnosis who needs to visit multiple doctors
which are not communicating.
c. Statistically speaking, Approximately 47% of the physicians are
satisfied with the implementation for the EHRs while only 5% are very
dissatisfied.
2. Presentation of the EHRs:
a. In many situations, physicians are not able to keep track of
patients ambulatory interventions and chronic pathologies.
b. The database contains the general information of the patient
such as - name,...