Providing patients with quality care is the goal for every care facility, but organizations are facing unique challenges keeping patients safe during these increasingly difficult times. As the healthcare system is experiencing a heavier than normal strain on its resources, providing patients treatment according to current care plans during the pandemic and the current flu season – risk and patient safety leaders need the ability to continually monitor the everchanging medical landscape to effectively reduce risks which could lead to adverse events.
As a result of the “twin-demic,” patient safety is more important than ever. This requires healthcare organizations to have full insight to identify hidden patterns and trends. By implementing predictive analytics and data-discovery, patient risk and safety leaders can focus on interventions and changes in processes, detect vulnerabilities, and increase preparedness before, during, and after an event. Reducing the occurrence of adverse events – including but not limited to falls, incorrect medication prescriptions, missed abnormalities, delays in diagnosis, and incorrect tests – organizations can improve the costs associated with providing quality care.
Using a centralized reporting tool and advanced analytics with AI, organizations can break down silos. This is because all risk and patient safety modules are on one platform, allowing key data to be analyzed from end to end instead of within each module. By approaching risks using this method, healthcare leaders can enhance care processes and procedures based on data and not perceived biases. But for these systems to be effective, healthcare organizations need to use an integrated risk and patient safety software system that allows them to elevate care, enhance quality, and reduce risk with the following three system requirements.
In order to drive impactful changes, it is important for healthcare organizations to have a full and unbiased understanding of an event, what led up to it, and what measures need to be put into place to reduce its occurrence in the future. By implementing a flexible and connective patient safety and risk management solution which breaks down silos across teams, patient and risk management leaders can make better informed decisions to provide an environment free from harm and mitigate future adverse risks.
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To learn more about how technology can prevent patient harm, improve care, and elevate safety, contact Heather Annolino, Senior Director Healthcare Practice, or WATCH THIS SHORT VIDEO.