Medical Error Prevention and Root Cause Analysis

The purpose of this course is to satisfy the requirement of the Florida law and provide all licensed healthcare professionals with information regarding the root cause process, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. In addition, members of the public may use this course to enhance their personal knowledge of the subject matter presented. 


Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: 


1. Describe how the Institute of Medicine defines "medical error."

2. Describe the types of sentinel events the Joint Commission has identified.

3. Discuss what factors must be included in a root cause analysis in order for the Joint Commission to consider it "thorough" and "credible."

4. Identify what types of adverse incidents must be reported to the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration.

5. Identify the most common sentinel events reported to the Joint Commission.

6. Evaluate the most common misdiagnoses, as recognized by the Florida Board of Medicine, and outline the safety needs of special populations, including non-English-proficient patients.


This 2-hour continuing education course is available for download for professional development; if continuing education credit is desired, please see instructions included in eBook.