Not a software change but one reason you get asked a dozen times "Are you having your the nails on your left big toe clipped" (joke procedure in a hospital of course) is to help avoid exactly these errors.
Is the patient who you think it is.
Does the patient agree with what your procedure says to do.
Often the area to be worked on (like the left big toe in my joke) is marked and the patient agreed with that marking.
There are a number of other such safeguards, similar to pre-flight checklists in aviation.
Institution these processes have greatly reduced treatment errors.
Is the patient who you think it is.
Does the patient agree with what your procedure says to do.
Often the area to be worked on (like the left big toe in my joke) is marked and the patient agreed with that marking.
There are a number of other such safeguards, similar to pre-flight checklists in aviation.
Institution these processes have greatly reduced treatment errors.