Stratagies to Reduce Medical Errors

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

TRAINING

Course Description

Medical errors are simple or complex errors made by medical health care professionals during the course of the day, which can have serious consequences. A medical error may be defined as a preventable adverse effect of care, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the client. This might include an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis or treatment of a disease, injury, syndrome, behavior, infection, or other ailment.

It is important to find the cause of the error to help in reducing and eliminating similar errors. Following patient confidentiality laws and acquiring full disclosure while dealing with the patients is another way mental health care professionals can reduce medical errors.

After completing this training you will be able to:

• Identify the most common types of medical errors.
• Define Medical Errors as they pertain to the practice of mental health.
• Describe effects of Medical Errors on client/patient safety and care.
• Identify approaches to prevent and correct errors.
• Identify Cultural issues that may assist in reducing medical errors.

Rachel Werner, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist who has been in the mental health field for the last 25 years. Rachel started as a trainer in foster care and has focused on continuing education for the past 15 years. She has developed and lead psychoeducational programs on addictions, parenting, ethics, mood disorders, conflict resolution and many other mental health topics.

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