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Steve Harden: 7 Lessons Healthcare Must Learn from the VA Scandal
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/17/2014 - 11:44
- Increased patient volume stresses an inefficient system- The stress caused an exodus of medical practitioners, which magnified the caseloads
- Higher volume + inefficient systems = more mistakes- Doctors and nurses were under such a strain that medical mistakes happened more often
- Changing the culture of healthcare is hard- Long wait times are a problem the VA has known about for years
- There is no substitute for leadership rounding- Keeping an organization as large as the VA honest to its core mission isn’t easy but it's essential
- Every hospital needs better metrics and reporting- Starting now, the VA needs to come up with accurate methods to measure conditions at local facilities
- Beware a single-payer system- Watching the VA scandal unfold provides us fair warning of the dangers of government-run healthcare
- It 's always about the willingness to speak up for patient safety- In the end it was the military veterans in Phoenix and Central Texas who needed an advocate
Source: Life Wings
Source URL: http://www.saferpatients.com/Newsletter/monthly-tip-june2014...
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