Top 6 Patient Safety Issues: How Infection Control Can Affect Them All
Top 6 Patient Safety Issues: How Infection Control Can Affect Them All According to a recent Frost and Sullivan analysis, Patient Safety Issues in the United States and Europe would cost a staggering $383.7 billion over the next four years. Understanding and diagnosing these adverse occurrences is the first step toward minimizing them – because, let’s face it, a clinic or hospital that can assure patient safety can help deliver a better experience for everyone involved, not just the patients. Here are the Top 6 Patient Safety Issues; 1. Security and integration of EHR data EHRs (electronic health records) are fundamentally altering the environment of current healthcare systems and facilities, allowing physicians and nurses to deliver safer treatment. This is done by being able to make data-driven judgments rather than assumptions. When physicians and nurses have seamless access to all patient health data (for example, those from a patient’s primary care physician), they may obtain sign...