What is patient safety?

What is patient safety? Are “accidents” random and unpredictable, and thus there is little that one can do about them?  This brief video from the Leapfrog Group explains the concept of patient safety and describes the main types of preventable patient harms. The Leapfrog Group is a non-profit watchdog organization of health care purchasers (such as Fortune 100 companies). It provides resources on patient safety, especially related to hospitals.

Expectations. This is an assigned video and you are required to submit your reflections after watching the video.  Click the video link below to watch. Then click the link “Submit Assignment” ABOVE, to show the submission area. You can write your reflections in a file and then copy and paste, or write directly into the space provided. Do not forget to submit. Write your reflections, using the following questions as a guide:

Was it a surprise to learn the scale of the challenges in patient safety improvement?

Where would you start to improve patient safety?

Grading.  A rubric is provided to explain the criteria for points and how you are graded. 

The Leapfrog group. What is patient safety? [Internet]. 2016 [cited 2 February 2018]. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bbsqq2UMEE

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