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Environmental and Occupational Health/Human Factors
Human Factors play an integral part in healthcare. Review this week’s videos regarding this topic and reflect upon these factors and your own experiences. In the videoLDI Louise Batz, her daughter mentions 3 reasons preventable medical errors occur and her conviction about the importance of patients and families being an integral part of the healthcare team.
The Story of Louise H. Batz from Tragedy to Hope(Duration: 13:36)
The Story of Louise H. Batz from Tragedy to Hope(Links to an external site.)
1. As mentioned in theLDI Louise Batzvideo, how does lack of teamwork, lack of knowledge and lack of technology impact the occurrence of preventable medical errors?
2. How do Human Factors influence healthcare errors? Describe what you have seen in either your professional or personal life.
3. How can patients and their families be included in the healthcare team and how would this impact healthcare?
For your original post, please respond with a substantive answer (at least 3-4 well-written sentences for each prompt) to each of these three questions.
There are NO references required for this discussion board. This is discussion is simply meant for you to reflect upon these questions.