More Are You Safe? Material

• Is My Patient’s History Up to Date? Risk: Missing/dismissing: failure to appreciate history, signs, and symptoms of a patient’s critical illness.
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  Is My Patient’s History Up to Date?

  

  November 10, 2016

  Are You Safe? case study: A 57-year-old male with a history of two MIs, sleep apnea, and hypertension was seen for complaints of jaw pain (8/10 severity) and chest “tightness.”

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• Who is Responsible for Follow Up? Risk: Unreconciled referral: lack of follow up with patient due to inadequate office practice system to track record from specialist visits.
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  Who is Responsible for Follow Up?

  

  November 10, 2016

  Are You Safe? case study: A 74-year-old male was advised, during a hospital stay, to see a pulmonologist for a specific opacity in his right upper lobe suspicious for carcinoma seen on a CT scan.

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• Is My Specimen Handling Process Reliable? Risk: Mismanaged specimen: patient suffers unnecessarily due to improper management of lab specimen obtained during a physician office visit.
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  Is My Specimen Handling Process Reliable?

  

  November 10, 2016

  Are You Safe? case study: A 27-year-old female was seen in office for complaints of frequency and burning on urination.

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• Am I Sure My Patient Got The Test I Ordered? Risk: Misfiled results: multiple providers fail to reconcile an outstanding imaging study due to inadequate test result management system
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  Am I Sure My Patient Got The Test I Ordered?

  

  November 10, 2016

  Are You Safe? case study: A 62-year-old-male with a 40-year 1-2ppd smoking history was seen in his primary care office for complaints of chest pain after hearing a rib crack.

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