The program is approved for 1.5 contact hours for nurses, social workers and case managers. $145 for PPAI Members and $329 for Nonmembers
The facts are clear: medical errors wreak havoc on our patients. Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients are harmed or die due to unsafe care, or they are injured inadvertently when seeking healthcare. But it doesn't have to be you – or your patient.
The first step in improving patient safety is to understand the magnitude of the problem in hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation hospitals or other settings throughout the continuum of care. After which, you can devise smart intervention strategies.
As one of the roles of today's patient advocates, educating and empowering patients to ensure safe encounters with the healthcare system is of paramount importance.
This training session from the Professional Patient Advocate Institute brings together a leading faculty who will share their insight into improving patient safety from both the individual and organizational level.
By attending the webinar you will learn:
- The definition of patient safety.
- Overview of patient safety in today's healthcare system.
- How to ensure a safe encounter with a member of the healthcare team.
- What tools and resources are available for patient education to learn about the role of the patient and family in preventing a medical error.
- The role of the hospital patient advocate in preventing medical errors – and the follow up should errors occur.
- Ways to learn about how hospitals and other settings rank regarding patient safety.
- Strategies that hospitals, organizations and individuals are leading to improve patient safety.
Patient safety is a major concern for all involved in healthcare. Also, challenges in patient safety manifest in many ways. Here are some examples:
One in five Americans (22%) report that they or a family member have experienced a medical error of some kind, according to The Commonwealth Fund. Nationally, this translates into an estimated 22.8 million people with at least one family member who experienced a mistake in a doctor's office or hospital.
According to the CDC, in American hospitals alone, hospital-acquired infections account for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths each year.
At any given time, 1.4 million people worldwide suffer from infections acquired in hospitals, according to the World Health Organization. Hand hygiene is the most essential measure for reducing healthcare-associated infection and the development of antimicrobial resistance.
Surgery is one of the most complex health interventions to deliver. More than 100 million people require surgical treatment every year for different medical reasons. Problems associated with surgical safety in developed countries account for half of the avoidable adverse events that result in death or disability, according to the World Health Organization.
Join us April 12th to learn more about patient safety and the Patient Advocate’s role in handling this issue.
