Question

Outline the most important guidelines and best practices for healthcare providers to limit medical mistakes and reduce their potential liability.

Answer 1

Some of the most important guidelines and best practices for health care provider to limit medical mistake and its liability are as following

• Documentation to prevent any error
• Maintenance of EHR
• Team work
• Attending continuing medical education programs and nursing program to have adequate knowledge about the new technologies, practices and invention
• Practice of hand wash to avoid infection
• Explanation of treatment, diagnosis,, procedure and management,care to patient and his family members
• Surgical consent to be taken by concerned person to avoid major problem
• Explaining the side effects of any sort of treatment
• Double checking to be done during administration of life saving drugs or blood products.