Striving for Excellence: Importance of Healthcare Quality and Informatics

  Blog # 3 Tips for Patient Safety while  in the Hospital   Thinkstock . (2017). https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/top-10-healthcare-mobile-apps-among-hospital-health-systems.   Patient safety is a mission that includes everyone, including the patient. The patient has the right to be informed and has the ability to take on strategies to make themselves safe while visiting and staying at the hospital. These tips are strategies that you can take while being a patient. 1.       Create a safety and management plan : This assists clients who might be confused or are unable to make decisions for themselves. Family members and their loved ones are the best supporters to their health and understand how they can be safe in a unique location. The visitor or even documents should outline how to make the client safe while staying overnight at the hospital, these include but are not limited to,   their daily routines, their vision an...

                 Blog II: Understanding How to Manage Patient Safety Issues and Reports https://www.caregiverchampionadvocate.com/what-does-a-patient-advocate-actually-do/       How can you help with patient safety issues? Many organizations have found that there are unquiet ways to assist in managing how to report and ensure patient safety is conducted within the healthcare environment, however, the most impactful way patient safety events are prevented is through patient advocacy through family and caregivers. Patient advocacy is defined by the Institute of Health Improvement as an individual or group of individuals that are supporters, sponsors, or assistance in the welfare of a client (Plantemoli, 2021). These individuals are usually the patient's spouses, children, extended family, and or power of attorney, however, there are specific organizations that assist in the welfare of vulnerable individuals, such as children, the...