Report example
Workflow Analysis
- Subject
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Type
- Report
- Citation style
- APA 7
- Length
- 8 pages
About this sample
The paper examines how flowcharts can support healthcare process design and improvement, using a patient safety incident reporting flowchart as its central example. It then outlines immediate actions after an incident and the procedures for reporting it, citing published sources in APA style. The structure moves from a general introduction to headed sections on incident response and reporting.
- Healthcare workflow flowcharts
- Patient safety incident reporting
- Immediate response to incidents
- Web-based incident reporting systems
- Process improvement in hospitals
How it opens
Introduction
Indeed, healthcare information technology has created room for significant clinical enhancements and process efficiencies. To achieve this, it is essential to tackle and overpower the different issues that result from irrelevant and inadequate work process designs. Flowcharts are an illustration of the workflow of hospital activities that assist in making many decisions. Process flow charts are important in demonstrating the phases that are involved in providing healthcare. It aids in establishing disparities, holdups, and areas of improvement.
In the Event of an Incident
Immediate action
The person that detects the incident must act promptly to safeguard the safety of the patients, staff, and other service users. This should be followed by informing the person in charge of that area of the incident that has occurred (Wagner et al., 2016). For sections that do not have a local manager (in car parks or corridors), the proper amenities, maintenance, and domestic crew must be notified if action should be taken. If there is a patient involved in the incident, the specifics of the incident should also be documented in the nursing and medical logs with proper scrutiny as needed.
Reporting an Incident
Incident reporting system
Every occurrence, even close calls, should be reported on the web-based incident reporting system. They must be conveyed as early as possible following the incident happening, or the incident being established (Michel et al., 2017). When an incident is determined after the event, the person that realized it must finish the incident statement.
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