Incorrect Patient Information

Implementing immunizations into the clinics can be challenging for the facility and the staff. There are several methods that have been implemented to monitor the methods used by the staff to give the immunizations to the patients in the clinics. There have been several obstacles and challenges that the staff and leaders have faced. As with any changes that take place in patient care within an organization methods must be set up to monitor those changes. Changes promote challenges not just to staff leaders but the organization as a whole. Communication with any changes can be challenging for

Responsible coder collects post and manages account payments, submitting claims and keeping in touch with insurance companies. If patient information is coded incorrectly or incomplete it could leave an impact that can be brought to a claim. Inaccuracy in patient information can leads to denials, none payment and investigation. It is important to get all the details right by verifying insurance coverage properly. Make sure that the patient’s name is spelled correctly, date of birth and sex of patient are correct; and most important be sure that the policy number is valid.0verall before claims are sent, documentation should be in order and the claim should be checked for completeness and accuracy.

The problem can be better quantified by gaining understanding of the importance of receiving the flu vaccination. The manager of any health care facility should ensure that staff and patients, specifically those with a higher risk of contracting the flu, receives the yearly influenza vaccination. Health care staff that does not comply with yearly influenza vaccinations should be transferred to a unit with limited patient contact. High-risk patients who are not compliant with receiving the vaccine are to receive further education of the deadly effects associated with developing the influenza virus. In all patients it is imperative to provide proper patient

There are many people who have a stake in the healthcare industry. There are several stakeholders such as the patients, healthcare providers, insurance companies, organizations, and those who enforce policy. The patients’ interest is the need of the best healthcare procedure to be healthy. As a healthcare provider the quality of care that can be useful for patients. Insurance companies sells health insurance to patients or employer that can be beneficial to providers. Organizations develop plans that are used for patients. Policymakers create and implement laws that to improve quality care to the public. These stakeholders can play a major role in the safety concern of patients. The concern for the safety issues of vaccination in children

To revert such adverse outcomes, as advance health providers, we need to educate our patients about the importance of getting vaccinated and staying protected. The public, in general, requires a higher understanding of the two fundamental reasons of vaccination, which includes protecting ourselves and protecting those around us. Successful prevention depends on the initiatives of every individual to get vaccinated to avoid the spread of diseases ("Adult Immunization: Shots to Save Lives",

For the purposes of this paper, the author will only focus on National Patient Safety Goals 01.01.01: Identifying patients correctly and 01.03.01 Eliminate transfusion errors related to patient misidentification.

Responsible coder collects post and manages account payments, submitting claims and keeping in touch with insurance companies. If patient information is coded incorrectly, or incomplete it could leave an impact that can be brought to a claim. Inaccuracy in patient information can lead to denials, none payment and investigation. It is important to get all the details right by verifying insurance coverage properly. Make sure that the patient’s name is spelled correctly, date of birth and sex of the patient are correct; and most important be sure that the policy number is valid.0verall before claims are sent, documentation should be in order and the claim should be checked for completeness and accuracy.

Medical errors are avoidable mistakes in the health care. These errors can take place in any type of health care institution. Medical errors can happen during medical tests and diagnosis, administration of medications, during surgery, and even lab reports, such as the mixing of two patients’ blood samples. These errors are usually caused by the lack of communication between doctors, nurses and other staff. A medical error could cause a severe consequence to the patient in cases consisting of severe injuries or cause/effect any health conditions, and even death. According to recent studies medical errors are not the third leading cause of death in the United States. (Walerius. 2016)

The VIS should be handed to the patient or parent/guardian prior to administration so they can have the chance to read it encase they decide not to receive the vaccination.

A common problem in the field of nursing is immunization and injection errors. Every day people receive the incorrect immunization, dose, or by the incorrect procedure. There are several reasons these errors happen and several ways to minimize them. I intend to reveal these reasons and explain how I have limited these errors in our family practice.

I agree with your post on two patient identifiers is very important to eliminate frequent errors that occurs in health care organizations. In addition to the goals of using two patient identification method as you mentioned. The goal for using this method is to avoid common diagnostic test performed on wrong patient errors, given medication to the wrong patient, and lab test performed to the wrong patient All these errors are harmful and serious because it could lead to patient harm or

Mercedee DoucetteHS115-ACMay 14, 2018Error of Communication, Commission and OmissionToday I am going to be telling you about three common medical errors. These three medical errors are; Error of Communication, Error of Commission and Errors of Omission. I am going to define these three errors. I will also give you an example with each one of them as well. I will be listing the websites I get my information from at the end of this paper.First, I will be giving you the meaning of; error of communication. Error of Communication means; misunderstanding through email, body language, phone, listening, verbal. This can be one of the biggest errors in current situations. For an example; If a medical assistant was told to not set up a room before the

Immunizations are very important to one’s health, especially children. Vaccines prevent many deadly diseases. So why do people choose to not vaccinate their children? By not vaccinating a child, the child can become infected with a serious disease. These children can then spread the disease to other unvaccinated children or adults. Getting immunized does not just protect you or your child’s health, but others as well.

The first step is to make sure you are giving the medication to the right patient. In order for you to know that you have the right patient, check the identification band on the patient wrist, ask patient to state his or her full name, and ask his date of birth. Even if the patient is confused or unresponsive still use two or three identifiers by comparing his or her medical record number and the date of birth on the MAR with the information given on the patient’s identification band.

The purpose of patient education is to increase competence and determination of the clients in regards to the information they know and acquire. The goal for teaching is to have clients develop confidence in the information that they have gained, and that they feel they can trust where the information is coming from (Bastable, 2014). Health care facilities are the primary source of information for many clients and pamphlets, brochures, or booklets, and are designed to increase knowledge, awareness, sensitivity and intention to act. (Dana, 2005). The pamphlet I created is to educate parents of young children on myths and facts of immunizations. The layout of my