Fixing Healthcare Delivery
Isn’t it time to end the loss of life from preventable medical errors? Each year 100,000 patients die from preventable errors in the U.S. How can you help to change this intractable problem? Knowledge is power, and this course will provide you with a deep understanding of the problems and the solutions. You can become part of the solution.
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- Level Foundation
- Duration 14 hours
- Course by University of Florida
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Isn’t it time to end the loss of life from preventable medical errors? Each year 100,000 patients die from preventable errors in the U.S. How can you help to change this intractable problem? Knowledge is power, and this course will provide you with a deep understanding of the problems and the solutions. You can become part of the solution.Modules
Why Should You Take This Course?
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- Why Should You Take This Course?
Who is Caring for Mary
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5
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5
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- Who is Caring for Mary Overview
- Introduction
- Who was Caring for Mary?
- Quality, Safety and Healthcare Delivery Systems
- Systems and Quality
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- Module 1 Reading list
Review
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- Who is Caring for Mary
Applying Manufacturing Principles to Improve Healthcare
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- Applying Manufacturing Principles to Improve Healthcare Overview (3:17)
- Lessons We Can Learn From Industry, Part I
- Value Streams Digging Deeper
- Lessons We Can Learn from Industry Part II
- Lessons We Can Learn From Industry, Part III
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- Module 2 Reading
Review
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- Applying Manufacturing Principles to Improve Healthcare
Healthcare Requires Teamwork
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- Healthcare Requires Teamwork Overview
- Teamwork in Healthcare: How well do we work in teams?
- Athletic Principles in Healthcare
- Launching and Coaching Healthcare Teams
- Overview of TeamSTEPPS
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- Module 3 Reading
Review
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- Healthcare Requires Teamwork
Understanding and Preventing Human Error Part I
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- Understanding and Preventing Human Error Part I Overview
- Medical Errors the Human Toll
- To Err Is Human
- Plan-Do-Study-Act
- Little Problems Workarounds
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- Module 4 Reading
Review
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PeerReview
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- Understanding and Preventing Human Error Part I
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- Peer Review
Understanding and Preventing Human Error Part II
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- Understanding and Preventing Human Error Part II Overview
- How Do We Know if a Change is an Improvement, Part I
- Run Charts
- How Do We Know if a Change is an Improvement, Part II
- How Reliable is Healthcare?
- How Can We Reduce Human Error?
- What Happens When a Patient is Harmed?
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- Module 5 Reading
Review
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- Understanding and Preventing Human Error Part II
We All Can Lead: Becoming an Adaptive Leader
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4
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- We All Can Lead: Becoming an Adaptive Leader Overview
- Who Should Lead?
- Adaptive Leaders: A Necessity for Fixing Healthcare Delivery
- Practice Adaptive Leadership
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- Module 6 Reading
Review
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- We All Can Lead: Becoming an Adaptive Leader
How Organizing People can Drive Change in Healthcare Delivery
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- How Organizing People can Drive Change in Healthcare Delivery Overview
- What can Samuel Adams Teach Us About Fixing Healthcare Delivery?
- Organizing in Healthcare: The Early Phase
- One-on-Ones and Personal Narrative
- Leadership, Strategy, Tactics & Action
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- Module 7 Reading
Review
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- How Organizing People can Drive Change in Healthcare Delivery
Immunity to Change, Examples of Successful Patient Care Initiatives, and Final Summary
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- Immunity to Change, Examples of Successful Patient Care Initiatives, and Final Summary Overview
- Immunity to Change
- Summing it all up
- What can I do?
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- Module 8 Reading
Review
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- Immunity to Change, Examples of Successful Patient Care Initiatives, and Final Summary
Final Exam
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- Final Exam
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- Final Peer Review
Auto Summary
"Fixing Healthcare Delivery" is a foundational course in the Health & Fitness domain, offered by Coursera. With a focus on reducing the alarming rate of preventable medical errors that claim 100,000 lives annually in the U.S., this course empowers learners with crucial knowledge to address and solve these critical issues. Led by expert instructors, the program spans 840 minutes of in-depth content, providing a comprehensive understanding of both the problems and potential solutions in healthcare delivery. Ideal for individuals at the foundational level, the course is accessible through Starter and Professional subscription options, making it suitable for a wide range of learners eager to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.
Frederick S. Southwick, MD