2023 Medication Errors Policy and Procedures Medication error reporting is an essential

Medication Errors – Policy and Procedures 

Medication error reporting is an essential component of patient safety. 

For this assignment, you will assume that you are a healthcare administrator at a healthcare facility (hospital, long-term care facility, clinic, etc.). 

You are tasked with creating a process for reporting errors and reducing adverse events at your facility. Your submission will demonstrate your knowledge of medication error reporting to create your process. Be sure to include at least one QI tool and discuss the process involved

Your process should include the following:

An identification of the most prevalent and common medical errors in your facility

Risks associated with those medical errors

All individuals (staff, groups, agencies) who will be involved in the reporting process

Design a reporting template and be sure to Include any workflow processes or tools can be used in the process

Provide a brief evaluation of departments responsible for following up on the errors and events.

 requirements:

– Be 5-6 pages in length, not including the title or reference pages.

– Be formatted according to APA 7th edition.

– in-text citations from  8 scholarly articles. 

– Utilize headings to organize the content of your work.