Directions
Read the following article.
Levinson, D.R. (2010). Adverse events in hospitals: National incidence among Medicare beneficiaries. (Links to an external site.) In Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. OEI – 06-09-0090-00090. Retrieved from http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-09-00090.pdf
Think about a time when you, your relative, or your friend was a patient in a hospital or other health care setting.
Discuss the following:
How safe it felt in your perception. On a scale from 0% to 100%, how would you rate the degree of safety/security that you felt?
The factors that contributed to your perception of safety.
The specific clinical safety practices that you noticed (Use the tables from the Office of Inspector General article to see a list of possible adverse events (Levinson, 2010, p.16, p. 21).
List at least three initiatives that could have been done to improve your perception of safety. Support the rationale for these suggested initiatives by scholarly sources.
The response should explicitly address all required components of this discussion assignment. The document should be prepared as a practical business deliverable and reflect higher-level cognitive processing (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation).
Support the initial posting with at least 3 references of credible or peer-reviewed sources. The in-text citations and the list of references should be consistent with the APA writing style (7th ed.).