Decreasing Medical Errors and Minimizing Clinical Risks

Course overview

CEU Course Description Understanding clinical risk management in behavioral healthcare is essential for building safer health systems and improving client safety. While medical and behavioral health errors are inevitable, they can harm clients, clinicians, and institutions. Building a safe healthcare system means designing care processes to ensure that all clients are safe and that professionals have mechanisms to address human errors. This course will educate behavioral health professionals on the causes and seriousness of clinical errors, how these risks can be minimized, and how reporting systems can enhance safety for clients, clinicians, and organizations. Author: Kimberly H. Fortin, LCSW-R References / Contributions by: AAMFT (2015). Code of Ethics. Retrieved February 2023. https://www.aamft.org/ Legal_Ethics/Code_of_Ethics.aspx Joint Commission (2022). Behavioral Health Care and Human Services National Patient Safety Goals. Retrieved February 2023. https://www.jointcommission.org/ standards/national-patient-safety-goals/behavioral-health-care-national-patientsafety-goals/ NASW (2021). Code of Ethics. Retrieved February 2023. https://www.socialworkers.org/ About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English Zur, Ofer (2023). Dual Relationships, Multiple Relationships, Boundaries, Boundary Crossings & Boundary Violations in Psychotherapy, Counseling & Mental Health. Retrieved, February 2023. https://www.zurinstitute.com/boundaries-dualrelationships/#key