Advancing Patient Safety

Analysis of patient safety in the healthcare industry reveals the many challenges that suppliers and patients face. Providing patients with safe and high-quality medical care is an important part of US healthcare reform. To be effective, however, it is necessary to establish a new health management area (ie patient safety) with emphasis on reporting, analysis and prevention of medical errors leading to harmful medical events. In analyzing this growing medical problem, I discovered that patient safety measurements and improvements are complicated by many factors.

The tendency to improve patient safety and quality in health care facilities is based on the concept of introducing a high reliability mechanism (HRO). Experts (Pronovost et al., 2006; Weick & Sutcliffe, 2007) agree that reliable organizations are organizations that achieve a high level of safety or reliability under hazardous or dangerous conditions. The trend to improve patient safety and quality in healthcare organizations is based on the concept of introducing reliable organizations. The nuclear and aerospace industries are considered to be part of the most dangerous industry and are often considered perfect or false. Case studies of Trinity Island's nuclear accident, Challenger and Colombian bombs, Tenerife's aerial accident and other incidents show how these incidents occurred and those that study and determine the reliability of dangerous organizations Gender examining similarity of high risk situation of

Cross-set collaboration leads to improved safety of outpatients. However, this field is relatively new, and advancement of research is necessary. For physicians and other clinicians and policy makers it is important to accept and promote a safety culture to report, discuss and resolve errors without fear of discovery. In addition, as interventions are developed, intervention is performed through the care process, minimizing unnecessary administrative work and systems, thereby aggravating physician stress and causing burnout.