Section III

Projects or Assignments for the Program. These projects or assignments could be distributed among participants for them to expand on the answers in the discussion section by further review of the video.

I. Medical error as a leading cause of death

• Explain the extent of medical error as a cause of death in health care.
• Explain why systems in organizations are important for reducing medical error

II. The culture of litigation, fear, and cover-ups in health care

• Explain what can be described as a culture of secrecy and fear with regard to medical error and patient safety.
• Explain what steps hospitals could take with patients and families when medical errors occur.

III. The need for leadership in health care to promote patient safety

• Explain the need for executive leadership to foster patient safety.
• Explain the role that full disclosure can play as an example of executive leadership to foster patient safety.

IV. The need to develop system based changes that enhance patient safety

• Explain why system based changes are so important for the reduction of medical error.
• Explain why a blame-free culture is important for systems that support patient safety.

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