Upon completion of this course, you will be able to learn: 

• Prevalence of medical errors in the United States
• Efforts to reduce medical errors at national and state level
• Incentives for healthcare providers and facilities to reduce medical errors
• Florida’s effort to reduce and prevent medical errors and improve patient safety
• Types of medical errors
• Factors that increase the risk of medical errors
• Prevention of medical errors in special needs population
• Recommends reducing or eliminating medical errors
• Improve patient safety through prompt error reporting.
• Identify the responsibilities of healthcare providers regarding prompt medical error reporting.
• Root Cause Analysis: To identify changes that could be made to systems and processes to improve performance and reduce risk of recurrence of the adverse events
• Role of electronic medical records (EMRs) and other information technology to improve communication and patient safety in hospitals and other healthcare facilities
• Public education and awareness measures related to patient safety