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Leading Change in Patient Safety Issues

Student’s Name: Stephanie

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Institution: West Coast University

Date: 11/17/2022

LEADING CHANGE IN PATIENT SAFETY ISSUE

Topic Description

Adapting to change is essential for any company since it can be the difference between success and failure. When stagnation threatens advancement, the only option for influencing success is implementing change within the company. Change management in healthcare can improve patients' health greatly. As an added bonus, adapting to an EMR system can boost hospital communication and patient satisfaction. Without reliable electronic medical record systems in place, hospitals are always risking a disastrous medical error that might ruin their reputation and, even worse, cause serious harm to patients. Having a fully functional electronic health record in place can completely alter a healthcare facility from relying on paper records to using clinical information to deliver superior patient care. This research is vital because it examines how a nurse manager could handle change to ensure their staff nurses make a smooth transition to an EMR. Lewin's change model is applied to highlight the crucial steps necessary to implement the proposed changes, and the research concludes by examining the type of leadership most suited to implementing these alterations (Harrison et al., 2021). The research will focus on change management in adopting the EMR using Lewin's change model.

Plan for a Research Paper

I would approach the topic by looking into the literature about the adoption of EMR in other institutions and healthcare facilities and understanding it in detail before developing the research paper. In this case, implementing an electronic medical record system within a hospital has been discovered to offer various benefits during the past few years of research into this topic. One advantage is the elimination of poor penmanship, which is prevalent in the healthcare profession. Another is the ease with which electronic information may be accessed. Electronic medical records can enhance clinical decision-making, and the faultless transmission of clinical information can be facilitated. Similarly, it was also discovered that EHRs boost care quality by giving doctors access to patient-specific data like race, medical history, age, and more. In other research, electronic health records have been shown to boost organizational outcomes in general. It was observed that organizations whose electronic medical record systems were well-defined had gains in areas such as financial health and operational efficiency (Harrison et al., 2021). In addition, I would focus on how the patients and nurses feel encouraged and content after using EHRs, and this only happens when their feedback is sourced. The ability to conduct research and improve population health are only two examples of the broader societal benefits of a robust electronic health records system.

The other area that is of consideration is a leadership strategy that would work in the best interest of the healthcare facility during the implementation of EMR, which is a change that demands the involvement of stakeholders, especially employees, to make it a success. A coaching leadership style is the one that I would focus on in this case because it works in making employees appreciate the fact that their contribution is worth it. The other research section of focus is the three-stage process (unfreezing, changing, and freezing) outlined in Lewin's change model provides change agents with a macro perspective on how to bring about organizational development (Harrison et al., 2021). Agents of change are given a framework within which to carry out the often delicate task of implementing a change. In most circumstances, a leader may introduce new procedures and transfer responsibilities throughout any of the three stages of this paradigm, which helps unite people around change.

References

Harrison, R., Fischer, S., Walpola, R. L., Chauhan, A., Babalola, T., Mears, S., & Le-Dao, H. (2021). Where do models for Change Management, improvement, and implementation meet? A systematic review of the applications of Change Management Models in healthcare. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, Volume 13, 85–108. https://doi.org/10.2147/jhl.s289176

Annotated Bibliography

Hamdan, M., & Saleem, A. A. O. (2018). Changes in patient safety culture in Palestinian public hospitals: impact of quality and patient safety initiatives and programs. Journal of Patient Safety, 14(3), e67-e73.

The sole purpose of medical institutions is to uphold patient health, this however cannot be achieved without patient safety being an area of interest. As it is easier and better to prevent than to treat, despite the fact that hospitals are the places we ran for medical help with hopes of returning home healthy or we the problem solved, they are also one of the most contaminated places. This is due to the compilation of all sets of people with different health problems all assembled in one place, the hospital wastes and emissions also play a huge role in causing infections in patients. For that reason, healthcare facilities need to administer top-notch strategies that ensure their patients do not contract infections on-site.

The journal is thus a case study set to experiment with the results after new strategies have been implemented in the organizational culture, with the objective of protecting the health interests of the patients. It is thus observed the rate at which patient safety increased due to basic programs and slight changes in the daily routine of the organization. The journal thus plays a huge role in my research topic, it is a clear indication that in order to apply new changes in the healthcare institution, one does not necessarily have to use technological advancements, just a slight change of operations could align the firm with their objectives.

Lawton, R. (2018). It Ain’t What You Do (But the Way That You Do It): Will Safety II Transform the Way We Do Patient Safety?: Comment on" False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice". International journal of health policy and management, 7(7), 659.

The article changes the whole perspective on patient safety, it introduces new concepts to it and in return points the blaming figures to new characters. There are two things to understand in the article, one is that where there is a disconnect at work, the workforce should be in question since they're notorious for not operating by the book. On the other hand, the employees might be doing their best in meeting the organization's expectations, thus redirecting the blame to the management by luring impractical strategies. The same can be associated with patient safety and the healthcare environment, it is still a problem because either the employees are not consistent in their responsibility, or because the strategies are not applicable.

Relating the concepts gathered to my topic, it is by far an eye-opening moment that we are in control and thus responsible for all the outcomes of our actions. Some problems exist because we let them, and prevail because we don't hold ourselves responsible to work them out. With this kind of mindset, patient safety thus takes both collective and individual responsibility to achieve. One of the most important new changes is to change the mindset and approach things differently.

Eriksson, J., Gellerstedt, L., Hillerås, P., & Craftman, Å. G. (2018). Registered nurses’ perceptions of safe care in overcrowded emergency departments. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(5-6), e1061-e1067.

It is not practical to talk about patient safety without narrowing down to the main causes that put patients at risk or in a dangerous situation either by infection or other medical errors. For instance, most of the situations occur due to crowding in the institution, carelessness, and lack of other crucial infrastructure. This thus poses a new blame on the government for risking patients' lives. With such a kind of approach, it thus requires technology and infrastructure to come in and save the day. The article, unlike the other two that dwell their focus on other strategic aspects, planning, and culture, other than the use of infrastructure, the article stands out. It thus opens a new point of view in my research and a new area of focus to ensure I exhaust the area and how it functions. At the end of it all, I'll compile a strategy that would work best in the favor of both internal and external aspects.

References