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Strategies To Reduce Costs Caused By Medication Errors In Us Hospitals, Janice Leah Chobanuk
Strategies To Reduce Costs Caused By Medication Errors In Us Hospitals, Janice Leah Chobanuk
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Medication errors result in patient harm, including deaths, costing American hospitals over $20 billion annually. The financial impact and reduced public confidence in safe patient care create a business problem for hospital leaders trying to contain costs, maintain a competitive edge, and sustain patient satisfaction. Grounded in the sociotechnical conceptual framework, the purpose of this generic qualitative study was to identify strategies hospital leaders use to reduce costs caused by medication errors in hospitals. Data collection involved semistructured interviews with 10 hospital leaders from various high-reliability hospitals across the United States and a review of documents related to medication management …