Preventing Errors In Mental Health Practice

Course overview

Social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors and nurses can expect to learn valuable information about patient safety, root cause analysis and error reduction and prevention. Some highlights of the class include, identifying some of the recent quality improvement research in mental health; in addition, JCAHO patient safety goals and the National Quality Forums ideas about patient safety practices are summarized. We will further our ideas about practice error by adding some terms which define and describe problems and solutions. Outcomes information from recent root cause analyses will identify critical prevention information in primary problems areas for mental health practice, namely communication, uniform standards, developing a safety culture, and documentation improvements. The offering concludes with an actual latent error situation that the participant is invited to evaluate. A discussion follows with which the learner may compare his or her own thoughts. This offering meets the requirements in medical errors for Florida LMHC, LCSW, LMFT, Nurses and Ancillary Board Professions. For detailed objectives and agenda visit us at www.programservices.org