Connecticut hospital cuts down on errors
Nurse Leader Weekly, February 7, 2008
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New strategies helped a Connecticut facility significantly reduce medical errors and improve patient safety.
Researchers from Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven introduced a comprehensive protocol in late 2004 that was designed to reduce medical errors. The protocol consists of six components, include multidisciplinary oversight by a patient safety committee, the hiring of a full-time patient safety nurse, adoption of standard terminology in interpreting fetal heart monitoring, independent review of the service, mandatory crew resource management training to improve staff communication, and the standardization of common procedures (such as oxytocin administration).
Before the study, the hospital experienced an error rate of 3%. After about 2 1/2 years, the rate was cut in half to 1.5%. Additionally, the hospital's malpractice premiums dropped from about $95,000 per physician to $53,000.
Source: Medscape
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