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Stakeholder Presentation

Hello everyone, I am —-, and I am working as a nurse at Tampa General Hospital. Today, I will deliver my presentation targeting my stakeholder group of hospital administration and healthcare professionals, including physicians, pharmacists, IT specialists, and nurses. Let’s discuss the agenda for today.

Agenda

The following outlines will be discussed in this presentation:

• Organizational healthcare Issue
• Interdisciplinary team approach and its relevance
• Summary of the Interdisciplinary Plan
• Adoption and management of resources
• Evaluation and estimation

Organizational Healthcare Issue 

The particular organizational issue that our hospital is experiencing is higher rates of medication errors. Medication errors occur regularly due to poor communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals and the ineffectiveness of medication safety policies. The staff needs help to conduct effective interdisciplinary team collaboration. All these factors result in medication errors, ultimately impacting patient safety and experience. Medication errors are a global healthcare issue causing adverse health and financial implications (Souza et al., 2019).

Medication errors are avoidable adverse scenarios that can result in patient harm due to inappropriate use of medication. About 237 million medication errors occur annually, of which 68 million are clinically significant.  Approximately 50-70.2 % of errors can be avoided by implementing safe medication management strategies (World Health Organization, 2022). 

Solving Medication Errors 

The audience should care about solving this organization’s issue as it directly impacts patient safety and the well-being of individuals. Drug errors contribute to additional treatment requirements due to patient harm. By preventing these errors, the safety of patients is enhanced, and the risk of adverse reactions can be minimized (Di Muzio et al., 2019). Solving medication errors can boost the quality of care provided to patients as they have a right to acquire safe care treatments and alleviate their ailments without further worsening their health conditions due to these errors (Tawfik et al., 2019).

Patients’ trust in healthcare is eroded when there is a high prevalence of medication errors. By preventing medication errors, the audience can strengthen their trust and foster a positive relationship with healthcare professionals (Prentice et al., 2020). Lastly, the legal consequences and litigation can be prevented by complying with ethical standards and legal obligations of care treatments (Liu et al., 2020). Without addressing medication errors, patient harm can lead to death, legal consequences, and eroded trust in healthcare professionals.

Interdisciplinary Team Approach and its Relevance 

The interdisciplinary team strategy is particularly relevant to address the issue of medication errors in several ways. Most medication errors occur due to poor collaboration and communication among healthcare professionals, conducting interdisciplinary team meetings, or using technology to facilitate communication among staff. This will prevent medication errors and promote patient safety. Interprofessional team members can identify the root causes and conduct comprehensive risk assessments (Manias et al., 2020). This leads to developing and implementing appropriate strategies to address those causes of medication errors.

This approach also fosters an environment to promote continuity of care by addressing medication errors from prescription to administration stages. The interdisciplinary team can observe the holistic approach by examining the entire medication process and evaluating the social, psychological, and organizational factors contributing to these errors, such as communication breakdowns, system failures, and individual mistakes (Mieiro et al., 2019). Consequently, the team members can coordinate to target the factors and develop the right strategies. This will lead to improved health outcomes and achieve the goal of reducing medication errors (Souza et al., 2019). 

Interdisciplinary Plan Summary

The interdisciplinary plan aims to diminish the number of medication adverse events and patient harm by efficiently integrating Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in our hospital. The absolute goal is to enhance patient safety and create a culture of continuous improvement aligning with the organizational outcome, i.e., patient satisfaction.

Possibilities of Interdisciplinary Plan to Work

Integration and impl