Build your professional network on facebook via our app Go to app
 
<< Prev  11 of 14 in Topic  Next >>
Topic : Patient safety in hospitals in India
  Rate : 
 
Started by : Kaushik Dutta, Product Development Manager, Biocon   11 13 2009 12:42:17 +0000
Industry : HospitalsFunctional Area : Business Processes(Operations)
Activity:  25 views;  last activity : 07 06 2010 20:18:09 +0000

Medical errors are a serious threat to patient safety in both hospitals and in the community. Greater public awareness of clinical error combined with rapidly increasing litigation and insurance costs have created a pressing need to implement risk management in hospitals to improve patient safety. Medical errors happen when something that was planned as a part of medical care doesn't work out, or when the wrong plan was used in the first place. Medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system: Hospitals to Patients" Homes. Errors can involve Medicines, Surgery, Diagnosis, Equipment, Lab Reports, etc. They can happen during even the most routine tasks, such as when a hospital patient on a salt-free diet is given a high-salt meal. Errors also happen when doctors and their patients have problems communicating. Lets put in our ideas about the major errors occuring in treating of patients.
So what do you think are the major errors while treating of patients? Please share your valuable ideas...

 
Share
 
 
  Rate : 
 
 
 
 
  1 0 0 0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 2 3 4
1 omitting patient care from medical treatment
2 Medication error.
3 communication errors.
4 sibaram paria,Asst.professor,NSHM College of Pharmaceutical Technology;Kolkata-700053

omitting patient care from medical treatment

idea posted by Mandeep K. Thakral FHNP, Consultant
A Doctors treats, like a mechanic fixes. Patient safety is a component of patient care. Which is holistic and require multidisciplinary team. Once the treating physician is not at the bedside, who is responsible for that patient? Why is a family member attending to the patient's needs. Why is the nursing staff unable to give information, reassurance, comfort? Most errors occur after the medical treatment has been completed. i.e. patient falls trying to get out of bed post-op, because no qualified help is there and family can't handle it; patient is given a wrong medication or dose because the nurse does not check orders or patient is pain because nurse is waiting for Doctor to say so. Patient care and safety need standards of practice and policies. Healthcare in India has become a world class business without the Quality of care or standards of practice needed to ensure patient safety. Yet another example of the country putting the cart in front of the horse and then wondering why its not moving correctly.
1
0
  

I really agree with mandeep here, I mean its the hospitals responsibility to take care of the patient and it is seen that a family member will always be there to help physically and mentally as well, I mean there are many cases where patient will try many things when there is no one to look after them and indeed leads to further complications for that matter.  Though India is setting  up all the health cities and is touted to be the next the destination for cheap and affordable health care, it is seen that quality provided and the quality of people who are handling patients may be the doctors and the support staff is not that good even in big & top hospitals of the country.

Add your argument:

Medication error.

idea posted by Kaushik Dutta Product Development Manager, Biocon

This is one of the major errors troubling the doctors. Only if medical institutions were a little careful, there would be less cases of medical errors that sometimes prove to be fatal for the patients. All they have to do is follow certain global guidelines to ensure that they 'do not harm' the sick. The common types of medication errors include wrong drug error, wrong dose or wrong strength error, wrong route error, wrong time error and wrong dosage form error. It can also happen through errors of commission and errors of omissions.

0
No supporting Arguments for this idea
Add your argument:

communication errors.

idea posted by Ratnakar Naik General Practitioner, Apollo Group

Doctors often faces some communication errors by the subordinates in the organisation. The doctor-patient also suffers from these communcation skills where the patient may not be able to express himself about his weakness. This hampers the working structure of the doctors forcing them to provide alternative medicines hampering the health of the patient.

0
No supporting Arguments for this idea
Add your argument:

sibaram paria,Asst.professor,NSHM College of Pharmaceutical Technology;Kolkata-700053

idea posted by sibaram paria Research Scientist, NSHM College of pharmaceutical technology
1st entry of a patient have to judge by the medical people who will guide where he has to avail medical care.
0
No supporting Arguments for this idea
Add your argument:

Add your Idea
Idea* : 
Add your argument:
edit in rich text ...
Could not find any idea interesting in: "What are the major errors occuring while treating of patients?" ? Click here to add a new idea...

Found the idea contest "What are the major errors occuring while treating of patients?"  interesting ?  Click here to refer to your connections and communities
Post Your Resume Now !
  • Create a confidential Career Profile and Resume/C.V. online
  • Get advice for planning their career and for marketing of experience and skills
  • Maximize awareness of and access to the best career opportunities
Viewers also viewed
Yes vs No
 
0 referals 7 arguments, 156 views
Information technology (IT) is a concept that many companies today depend on.Moreover few...
 
0 referals 22 arguments, 833 views
As you are aware of every time you get sick you will soon run to a doctor for a treatment or for...
 
4 referals 29 arguments, 2643 views
more...  
Recent Knowledge (3)
When we are watching news channels or any other channel or reading news papers you bump upon...
 
2022 referals 11 votes, 211 views
we all know the perils of talking on cell phones while driving. besides being hazourdous to...
 
290 referals 2 votes, 36 views
more...  
More From Author
Depressed youngsters who do not socialise much are most likely to lash out violently at others, a new study has claimed.According to researchers at Texas A M International University, the strongest risk factors for violent behaviour were...
Connecting health care systems is challenging. Wide variations in clinical terminology, patient identification methods and systems architecture makes integrating health information exceptionally difficult. But if implemented, it will turn out to...
I think the major challenge is lack of knowledge. They may not be aware of the availability of online health resources also. Adding on, the inadequate distribution of evaluated outcomes also turns out as a challenge. As far as sharing of expertise...
more...