For most healthcare professionals in Florida, this course meets the two-unit requirement on prevention and reporting of medical errors for initial licensure or biennial renewal.
We recommend you check with your board before you take this course.
Florida PTs/PTAs please click here for your Florida Physical Therapy Association approved course.
Cindy Kibbe is an Arizona-based editor, writer, and business consultant with more than a decade of award-winning journalism experience. Her articles have appeared in Business Arizona, Business NH Magazine, New Hampshire Magazine, New Hampshire Business Review, New Hampshire Magazine BRIDE, and the Nashua Telegraph. Kibbe also wrote and contributed to New Hampshire Public Radio and has made a guest appearance on New Hampshire Public Television. She served as assistant editor for New Hampshire Business Review for nearly ten years.
Prior to becoming a journalist, Kibbe had a long career in healthcare, including clinical practice as a registered medical technologist. She held positions in quality management and IT project management within the healthcare industry, where she wrote policies and procedures for national vendors that were used by clients across the country. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences from Arizona State University.
In her free time, Cindy volunteers at her church and at several local chambers of commerce.
Outlines seven types of medical errors and the Florida laws related to them. Describes factors that increase the risk of committing a medical error and populations that are especially vulnerable to such errors. Presents five commonly used approaches that have been effective in reducing medical errors.
Name several landmark pieces of legislation that have attempted to reduce medical errors.
Summarize Florida laws and requirements related to medical errors and describe the impact of the Patient Safety Quality and Improvement Act on healthcare practices in the United States.
Outline the seven main classifications of medical errors.
Identify factors and practices that increase the risk of committing a medical error.
Discuss populations that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of medical errors.
State several healthcare practices that will reduce medical errors and create a culture of patient safety.
State several measures the public can do to help reduce medical errors.
Explain the systems approach to medical errors and assess commonly used systems approaches shown to be effective.