Determining Work Flow

Determining Work Flow

Work Flow Gap in the Scenario 1

The gap in the workflow of the hospital setting may results into the severe consequence leading to the patient harm. In the given scenario 1, nurse had to face the problems regarding medication error. She usually notices the errors in the written prescription and some time she receives the wrong medication delivery from the pharmacy. These factors are resulting from the implementation of inappropriate work flow. In United States, the HITECH Act has passed in 2009 that supports the implementation of the electronic health records meaningful use and have decided the ...