Nursing leaders must prioritize patient safety to ensure the best outcomes. High reliability organizations aim to create an environment in which potential problems are anticipated responded to early enough to prevent patient harm.
Christine Schuster, President & CEO of Emerson Health, discusses how hospital culture can prevent medical errors and the importance of adopting a high-reliability risk analysis.
People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can't hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes?
Burnout is associated with adverse outcomes including medical errors and lower quality of care. While many studies have focused on physician or nurse burnout, the COVID-19 pandemic increased stress across the healthcare workforce, including support staff and healthcare teams who have a crucial role in patient care.