Medication Error reporting - Ochs APP Exam 3

What is the purpose of error reporting in healthcare?

• To assign blame to healthcare providers

• To improve patient care by learning from errors

• To reduce healthcare costs

• To increase healthcare providers' workload

Which of the following is NOT a focus of error reporting?

• Risks hidden in the patient care process

• Errors that occur during patient care

• Underlying system and process weaknesses that lead to error

• Increasing the speed of patient care delivery

• Ways to prevent error recurrence, and ultimantely, patient harm

What are the two main purposes of reporting systems according to "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System"?

• To provide financial incentives and reduce costs

• To hold providers accountable for performance and patient safety

• To ensure compliance with legal requirements and to facilitate insurance claims

• To promote healthcare marketing strategies and increase organizational revenue

• Provide information that leads to new knowledge and improved patient safety

What is the ideal process for reporting errors in a healthcare system?

• Errors should be reported only internally to maintain the organization's reputation

• Errors should be reported only externally to regulatory bodies

• Errors should be reported both internally and externally to investigate, change, prevent errors within the organization, and to generate widespread alerts

• Errors should not be reported to avoid legal consequences

What is the intended outcome of reporting errors externally in a healthcare system?

• To generate widespread alerts, disseminate new methods, and uncover national trends

• To avoid taking responsibility for errors within the organization

• To focus solely on punishing the individuals responsible for errors

• To minimize the importance of errors and focus on organizational achievements

Which of the following are most likely to report errors?

• Doctors

• Nurses

• Pharmacists

• Nurses and Pharmacists

• Patients

According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), what is considered a reportable event?

• Any event that occurs frequently in hospital operations

• Any happening that is not consistent with routine hospital operation or routine patient care

• Only events that result in patient recovery

• Events that are part of scheduled hospital activities

What determines the need or appropriateness of error reporting in a hospital setting?

• The personal judgment of the healthcare provider

• The type of error that occurred

• The reporting system receiving the information

• The frequency of the error

How are different types of errors in a hospital viewed in terms of reporting?

• Only medical errors are important enough to be reported

• Only administrative errors need to be reported

• All types of errors are important enough to be reported at some level

• Errors are only reported if they are repeated

Match the following reportable events to their descriptions

• Risk

• Errors that reached the patient and caused harm

• Near-miss/close call

• Hazardous conditions that could lead to an error such as look-alike sound alike packaging

• Error, no harm

• Errors that reach the patient but lead to no harm

• Erro, harm

• An error that was detected and corrected by double-checking or intercepted by a nurse before it reaches a patient