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Medical Errors: Impact on Health Care Quality

Medical Errors: Impact on Health Care Quality
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Author(s): Jayita Poduval (Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, India)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 28
Source title: Impact of Medical Errors and Malpractice on Health Economics, Quality, and Patient Safety
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Marina Riga (Health Economist-Researcher, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2337-6.ch002

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Abstract

The impact of medical errors on the delivery of health care is massive, and it significantly reduces health care quality. They could be largely attributed to system failures and not human weakness. Therefore improving health care quality and ensuring quality control in health care would mean making systems function in a better manner. In order to achieve this all sections of society as well as industry must be involved. Reporting of medical error needs to be encouraged and this may be ensured if health care professionals as well as administrators and health consumers come forward without fear of being blamed. To get to the root of the problem- literally and metaphorically- a root cause analysis and audit must be carried out whenever feasible. Persons outside the medical care establishment also need to work with medical service providers to set standards of performance, competence and excellence.

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