Patient Safety Management Problems
179 problems reported across 8+ industries
Industries Reporting Patient Safety Management Problems
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Nurse Situational Awareness App
SafePath: Emergency Escalation
Patient Safety Escalation & Rapid Response System
RehabGuard
Remote Rehab Monitoring & Compliance
MediGuard Pro
Medication administration safety gaps in nursing workflows
SafeMedic: Nurse Safety Companion
Medication Safety & Incident Support for New Nurses
TubeGuard Reposition
Feeding pump management during patient repositioning
Patient Safety Management Problems(page 1 of 9)
CareGuard ALF Oversight
Assisted living facilities that don't accept Medicare/Medicaid lack oversight, leading to unsafe staffing and patient care.
VitalLink Alert
Nurses lack real-time notification and escalation for critical blood pressure values, leading to delayed intervention and potential adverse outcomes.
SafetyReport Shield
Nurses in a long-term care facility are pressured by management and corporate policy to delay sending critically declining patients to the hospital, despite obvious medical need and family requests, causing risk of harm.
SepsisAlert MD
Nurse unable to escalate care for a deteriorating septic patient despite clear clinical signs, due to lack of resources (telemetry, higher-level care) and physician reluctance.
SafeScan Nurse
New nurse lacks patient identification and medication safety protocols in nursing home, risking medication errors.
SafePush IV Guardian
A family member almost died due to a nurse pushing IV Benadryl too quickly, and the hospital staff treated the error as normal, breaking trust in care safety.
VitalSign Guard
Nurses struggle to ensure timely vital sign checks for post-op patients due to chaotic shift transitions, unclear documentation, and high patient loads, risking patient safety and legal liability.
InfestAlert
Nursing home staff face an unaddressed bedbug infestation despite repeated reports to management and state regulators.
NurseSafe Sentinel
A new grad nurse made a medication error and a diet reporting error due to being overwhelmed with high patient load, and now faces a Board of Nursing investigation with no support, retraining, or clear communication.
NarcGuard
Nurses in long-term care facilities risk medication errors and double dosing due to overlapping narcotic orders and a manual, paper-based narcotic tracking system that is not integrated with the electronic medication administration record.
SafeWard Pro
Psychiatric hospital staff face severe safety risks due to absence of security personnel, understaffing, and administrative negligence in managing violent patient incidents.
DoseMatch Assurance
Nurses need a reliable way to ensure the medication amount removed from the dispensing system matches the administered dose to avoid discrepancies.
AdmissionFlow
Nurses in a hospital overflow unit are overwhelmed by sudden influxes of 4-5 admissions at once from the ED into an inadequate space with poor monitoring and supply access, leading to unsafe patient care.
Ventilator Safety Assistant
Substitution of specialized respiratory therapists with general nurses for complex ventilator management creates patient safety risks due to nurses' lack of proficiency.
TeleTrack Safety
Med-surg nurse caring for ER boarders cannot enforce telemetry policy due to facility constraints and resistance from management and monitoring staff.
SwallowSafe Pro
Nurses need a reliable way to ensure residents swallow their medications instead of losing them due to improper administration.
MedID Guardian
A new grad LTC nurse made a medication error due to a lack of patient identification (ID) systems, causing psychological distress and career anxiety.
Patient Handoff Bridge
Emergency department nurses stopped giving patient handoff reports to floor nurses, causing safety risks and sentinel events due to missing critical clinical information during transfers.
MedShift Navigator
A novice nurse struggles to keep track of medication changes and patient information during busy shifts, leading to a medication error.
SafeLift Pro
Physical injury and chronic pain from manually lifting and repositioning morbidly obese patients in bed, despite using proper body mechanics.