Medical Errors, Patient Safety, and Root Cause Analysis: What you need to know
Course: #1804Level: Introductory 2.5 Hours 185 Reviews
The primary goal of this course is to increase knowledge on the importance of preventing medical errors for social work professionals. A review of the principles of patient safety, risk prevention, and root cause analysis will provide a solid foundation on which to understand and apply lessons learned in clinical practice.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider Number 50-29950.
On Demand
Course Type: Video
CE/CEU Offered: AK/2.5; AL/2.5; AR/2.5; ASWB ACE/2.5 General; AZ/2.5; CA (CAADE)/2.5; CA (CADTP)/2.5; CA (CCAPP-EI)/2.5; CA/2.5; CE Broker/2.5 Medical Errors, CE Broker #20-1009010; CO/2.5; CT (CCB)/2.5; CT/2.5; DC/2.5; DE/2.5; FL/2.5; GA (ADACBGA)/2.5; GA/2.5; HI/2.5; IA/2.5; IACET/0.3; ID/2.5; IL/2.5; IN/2.5; KS/2.5; KY/2.5; LA/2.5; MA/2.5; MD/2.5; ME/2.5; MI/2.5; MN/2.5; MO (MCB)/2.5; MO/2.5; MS/2.5; MT/2.5; NC/2.5; ND/2.5; NE/2.5; NH/2.5; NJ/2.5; NM/2.5; NV/2.5; NY-Contact Hours/2.5 Self-Study; OH/2.5; OK (LPC/LMFT)/2.5; OK (OBLADC)/2.5; OK/2.5; OR/2.5; PA/2.5; RI/2.5; SC/2.5; SD/2.5; TN/2.5; TX/2.5; UT/2.5; VA/2.5; VT/2.5; WA/2.5; WI/2.5; WV/2.5; WY/2.5
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to identify the importance of error reduction and prevention for social work professionals.
- After this course, participants will be able to examine how patient safety influences the care provided by health care professionals.
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize the components of root-cause analysis to investigate medical errors and patient safety events.
Course created on November 25, 2020
Agenda
| 0-10 Minutes | Introduction |
| 10-40 Minutes | Error Reduction and Risk Prevention; Patient and Employee Safety |
| 40-65 Minutes | Improving Quality and Safety in Health Care; National Quality Foundation; National Patient Safety Goals; The Joint Commission; Physical and Emotional Harm |
| 65-85 Minutes | Serious Reportable Events/Sentinel Events; Culture of Safety; Safety Net Hospitals |
| 85-110 Minutes | Root Cause Analysis |
| 110-140 Minutes | Serious Event Examples |
| 140-150 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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185 ReviewsPresented By
Susan Holmes-Walker
PhD RN
Susan Holmes-Walker, PhD, RN the owner and founder of the Sulan Group LLC, is a registered nurse licensed in the states of Michigan and Florida. Dr. Holmes-Walker has experience as an adult pain clinical nurse specialist, case manager, and risk specialist.
Given the current state of the opioid epidemic, Dr. Holmes-Walker’s mission is to share lessons learned from the research literature and clinical practice during her nursing career to provide continuing education to health care professionals. The primary goal of this education is to increase knowledge and understanding of how quality pain assessment leads to improved pain management and can be used as a tool to address the opioid epidemic.
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