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Medication Safety Provided by: Pfiedler Enterprises The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 1999 report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, stated that medication-related errors were a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, accounting “for one out of every 131 outpatient deaths, and one out of 854 inpatient... |
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Avoiding Medication Errors with Insulin Therapy Provided by: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Description: Avoiding Medication Errors with Insulin Therapy is a knowledge-based program for pharmacists and nurses. The activity will explore the history of errors associated with insulin therapy and review the frequency with which they occur. Participants will learn how ... |
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Communicating with Patients After Adverse Events Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement You chose to work in health care in order to care for people. So when you accidentally harm a patient, it can be exceptionally hard to talk about it. In this course, you’ll learn why communicating with patients after adverse events can feel so difficult for health care pro... |
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Fundamentals of Improvement Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement Serious errors occur at the best hospitals and clinics – despite the best efforts of talented and dedicated providers. As the Institute of Medicine (IOM) declared in 2001, in words that still ring true, “Between the health care we have and the care we could have lies not... |
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Implementing Barcode Technology to Improve Medication Safety Provided by: ProCE Medication errors in hospital settings have been associated with high rates of adverse drug reactions and even death. Technological advances, such as barcode scanners, can help prevent medication errors, having been shown to reduce the medication error rate in an ICU setting... |
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Prevention of Medical Errors Provided by: Anderson CE The course must include a study of rootcause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety.... |
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Prescribing Controlled Substances Provided by: Medical Interactive Community Prescribing Controlled Substances has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Along with it, there has been an increase in patient mortality and medical malpractice claims. Prescribing controlled substances presents a conundrum for physicians and practitioners: ad... |
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Prescription Errors and Their Legal Consequences: Best Practices for Prevention Provided by: Power-Pak C.E.® This program is designed to investigate possible causes of prescription medication errors from a legal standpoint by providing the most current data available and presenting strategies to improve safety in health care. ... |
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Managing the Risks of Anticoagulant Therapy Provided by: Medical Interactive Community Primary care physicians manage many of the patients on long term anticoagulant therapy. They perform a difficult balancing act on a daily basis, weighing each patient’s risk of thromboembolism versus hemorrhage. The preponderance of current medical literature identifies un... |
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Root Cause and Systems Analysis Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement This course introduces students to a systematic response to error called root cause analysis (RCA). The goal of RCA is to learn from adverse events and prevent them from happening in the future. The three lessons in this course explain RCA in detail, using case studies and e... |
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Human Factors and Safety Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement This course is an introduction to the field of "human factors": how to incorporate knowledge of human behavior, especially human frailty, in the design of safe systems. You’ll explore case studies to analyze the human factors issues involved in health care situations. And ... |
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Florida Mandated Prevention of Medical Errors 2 Hours Course for Nursing, Dental and Other Healthcare Professionals. Provided by: Biologix Solutions, LLC Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: Summarize the types of medical errors. List factors that increase the risk of medical errors. Define populations of special vulnerability. Identify responsibilities for reporting medical errors. Explain processes for ... |
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Florida Mandated Domestic Violence 2 Hours Course for Nursing, Dental and Other Healthcare Professionals. Provided by: Biologix Solutions, LLC Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: Describe the healthcare implications of domestic violence. Isolate the risk factors for domestic violence. List the signs and symptoms of domestic violence. Discuss appropriate documentation in cases of suspected domes... |
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Fundamentals of Patient Safety Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of patient safety. You’ll learn the different types of errors, why errors occur, and how they can be prevented. You’ll understand effective and ineffective strategies for responding to errors when they do occ... |
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Florida Mandated HIV/AIDS, Domestic Violence, Reducing Medical Errors for Nursing, Dental and Other MQA Boards Provided by: Biologix Solutions, LLC Reducing Medical Errors 2CE Infection Control & Standard Precautions 3CE HIV/AIDS for Health Professionals - 2 CE HIV/AIDS for Health Professionals - 3 CE HIV/AIDS for Health Professionals - 4 CE Domestic Violence 2E Emergency Preparedness (Mandatory for FL Re... |
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Introduction to Patient Safety Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement No one embarks on a health care career intending to harm patients. But much too often, patients die or suffer injuries from the care they receive. In this course, you’ll learn why becoming a student of patient safety is critical for everyone involved in health care today. ... |
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