Medication Policy Effectiveness Reflection

Quality Assurance Committee report

The Quality Assurance Committee report on Medication Error Report indicates that the adopted new policies have effectively reduced cases of medical errors in the facility. From the report, the medical errors in the critical care unit reduced from 218 to 156 from year one to year two after policy implementation. This means that the adopted policies significantly improve the quality of critical care offered in year two compared to year one. Similarly, the medical error reduced to 127 in year two from 214 in the previous years.  Additionally, the medical care in the maternal-child unit was reduced by more than fifty percent as indicated in the report were cases of errors reduced to 29 from 62 after policy adoption. Overall, the Policy implementation that occurred July-December of year 1 with full implementation beginning January of year 2 enabled the medical facility to reduce the medical error cases from 494 to 312. This represents a thirty percent reduction in cases associated with the medical error in the hospital.

The committee’s findings indicate that the newly introduced policies have positively impacted the quality of care provided by minimizing medical cases. Thus, implying that the policy was successful. However, there is “room for implement” because the medical cases are still high. This, there need for a continuous assessment on how the current policies can be evaluated and improved to enhance the ability of the hospital to continue lowering cases associated with medical errors in the long run (Milota, van Thiel & van Delden, 2019).  Joosub, Emara & Gray (2021) point out that failing to update hospital policies can hinder the care facility from complying with new regulatory practices. This can result in an increase of medical incompetency and errors.

Reference

Joosub, I., Emara, Z., & Gray, A. (2021). Improving policies and practices for the extemporaneous compounding of oral liquid dosage forms in Saudi Arabian hospitals. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 28(5), 280-283.

Milota, M. M., van Thiel, G. J., & van Delden, J. J. (2019). Narrative medicine as a medical education tool: a systematic review. Medical teacher, 41(7), 802-810.