Human error is a concern that affects every aspect of health care and is one that providers must account for when creating systems and processes to ensure patient safety. The Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) was created as a quality improvement tool to better understand the elements that threaten safety and to recommend ways organizations can improve quality outcomes by reducing risk.
In an essay of 1,000-1,250 words, evaluate the following aspects as they relate to SEIPS:
Describe the seven types of errors that can occur in a health care environment. Provide examples of each. Are all these errors preventable? Describe measures that could have been implemented to improve patient safety and reduce the occurrence of each error you described.
Discuss the framework of the SEIPS tool and how it is used within a health care environment. Compare the SEIPS tool with one other error-reduction strategy presented in the textbook and explain when each tool might be applied.
Explain the positive effect that the SEIPS tool can have on the reduction of errors in high-risk health care settings.
Discuss the relationship between CQI and SEIPS in producing quality outcomes for health care organizations. How does improving quality outcomes with a patient-centric focus help to promote a concern for the common good within the public arena?
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
Please adhere to the word count.
Stay within the word count limits: 1,000-1,250 words. More than 50 words over the top limit will result in a reduced score. References are not included in the word count.
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Be sure to actually type the essay into the APA 7th Edition Template without Abstract. This reduces APA Format errors to the minimum.
As a reminder, PERRLA and OWL Purdue are not used in this course, since they often result in errors in APA Format.
You are required to use a minimum of three scholarly resources not older than 20 years in addition to the textbook: use the List of Allowed Online Scholarly Resources, the GCU Library or the topic readings to guide you in making a selection.
Remember, the APA 7th Edition rules for citations and references: for every reference on the References page, there must be at least one matching citation in the text.
Use the APA Citation Guide located in the Topic 6 Resources on the right-hand side of the classroom for more examples of proper format for citations and references.
Be careful about academic honesty and avoid plagiarism. Copying another person’s work can result in severe academic penalties.
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