Mistaken patient identity can lead to many issues in hospitals, including dangerous adverse events that jeopardize patients’ safety. To avoid these problems, facilities need to do what they can to make sure it’s easy for clinicians to identify patients.
Once an error is entered into a patient’s record due to mistaken identity, it can be difficult to get it corrected – which increases the likelihood that more mistakes could occur. So it’s crucial to keep them from happening in the first place.
