Medical errors in the Health Care System

: Medical errors in the Health Care System

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: language page essay briefly discussing the nature and scope of staffing problems in the health care system , identifying problems at any level or regarding any component (management , access of care , quality of care staff moral , etc , and discussing type of medical errors commonly reported by physicians , and errors due to communication problems by lab staff . Web sources

Staffing : problems and solutions in 19 New England laboratories

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Types of Medical Errors Commonly Reported by Family Physicians

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Laboratory tests : proper communication reduces error

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Many Errors by Medical Residents Caused by Teamwork Breakdowns , Lack of Supervision

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Healthcare is a very vital sector and a lot depends on the nature and the competency of he human resources that are a part of the organization . One of the main issues related to human resources in the healthcare sector is regarding problems with finance (searching for higher pay-packages ) and stress (due to work overload , frustration with the profession , burnout , fear of AIDS , etc ) which may be detrimental to the use of these human resources in the organization . One of the main issues is that several of the laboratory positions in the organization remain to be unfilled . In an organization a staff member remained on an average ranging from 2 to 5 years . Once a five year term was completed the staff member expected a major jump in their position and payments and hence to shift organization in to enable this jump . Once a staff member actually quit his /her job in the organization , the other staff members had to be utilized in to make up for their position They were asked to do overtime , given a higher patient work load and work beyond office hours , which increased stress levels . Several components of care including the quality of care , the staff moral management issues and access of care are affected , if there exists a shortage of technical personnel , and if the already existent staff members are burdened with a heavy patient work load . As the staff members would not be concentrating much on each and every patient due to the heavy work load , there are chances that the quality of care would deteriorate . Staff dissatisfaction levels would increase and the ability for the organization to expand and to provide care for an increasing population would reduce . There would also exist if management issues at various levels in the organization (Starzynski 1988

In the organization about 84 of the staff members said that they found it either difficult or...