Health Care Administration Capstone

 

Pick any prevalent patient safety issue of your choice and complete in-depth research on the topic. Examples might include, but are not limited to, medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, falls, or surgical adverse events. Your research paper must include at least the following topics:

• Current statistics related to the incidence of the safety issue you selected
• Risk management duties that apply to the selected safety issue (i.e., root cause analysis [RCA], failure-mode effects analysis [FMEA], etc.)
• Explain mitigation strategies and how a culture of safety helps to prevent the selected safety issue
• Effective communication strategies used in both preventing the occurrence of the safety issue you selected and post-incident
• Financial implications related to the selected safety issue (be sure to include direct and indirect costs)
• Equity and diversity considerations
• Ethical principles and best practices related to the issue you selected, including a relevant case that contributed to present-day ethics
• Leadership style, skills, and competencies necessary to impact the issue you selected and promote a culture of safety

Your research paper should be at least five pages in length not including the title or reference pages; utilize at least five outside sources, and at least three sources should be peer-reviewed. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.