Personal Critique and Lessons Learned from the Article: The article was well-written with many studies to back up the findings of the usefulness of the error management system discussed. It was interesting to see so many parallels between two diverse fields of occupation. The stress levels, risks to human life, and the importance of teamwork were highlighted examples of similarities. However, it was the differences that were the most intriguing. Clearly aviation accidents

Legal Aspects of Medical Errors Various factors in the health care system are reported to be contributors to medication errors. This work reviews a case study discussed in 'Hospital Pharmacy' (Smetzer and Cohen, 1998) which provides a clear example of the complex nature of the health care system and the process of medication use and how this interrelates to medication safety and quality. The nurse made the decision to administer the

Medication Errors in an ICU Unit Medication Errors -- Including Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Drugs -- in an ICU Unit Medication errors can and do occur in the ICU unit, and they often come from look-alike and sound-alike medications that can easily get mixed up. When a nurse or other health care professional gives a medication to a patient, that professional should be absolutely certain the medication is the right one, and in

Standard deviation is a measure of how far the data is spread from the mean, and can be used to assess the accuracy of the sample mean. Type I errors are improper rejections of the null hypothesis. Type II errors are failures to reject the null hypothesis hen it should be rejected. Level of Significance measures the likelihood of committing a Type I error. Power analysis measures the risk of committing a Type II

One proven solution to decrease medication errors is use of medication software such as CPOE. It has significantly reduced errors in prescribing, transcription, and dispensing of medications (Hidle). It also has the potential to decrease errors in administration due to unfamiliarity with a drug, drugs with similar names, or incorrect dose calculations since the software performs the calculations. So, why are these systems not used more often in the administration

Thus, the pitch should include talking points for describing it to customers. Describe the importance of customer relationship management (CRM) to sales management. CRM is important to sales management for many reasons (Customer relationship management, TechTarget). It helps them optimize information shared by multiple employees and streamlines business processes such as taking orders. and, it allows the formation of individualized relationships with customers, with the goal of improving customer satisfaction and