Organizational Responsibilities and Current Issues in HealthcareJessyca StaggsUniversity of PhoenixHealthcare Law and EthicsHCS/545Christie ArtusoMarch 31, 2014Organizational Responsibilities and Current Issues in HealthcareCare health care are extremely important to society because without health care they would be it is not possible for individuals to stay healthy. Healthcare cares, treats and diagnoses millions of people every day, from newborns to patients with life-threatening illnesses. Health care consists of hospitals, outpatient care, doctors, employees and nurses. In healthcare, changes are always happening due to technological advancements, and without these advancements, healthcare would not be as successful as it is today. Technology has played an important role in health care and will continue in the coming years with new diagnostic and treatment methods and procedures to help keep the lives of the American people safe. However, thanks to technological advances, healthcare still manages to make an excessive number of medical errors. Healthcare organizations face many problems and these problems negatively impact the healthcare system. Medical errors can occur in different ways in healthcare. Medical errors are mistakes made by healthcare providers without the intention of harming patients. These errors ranged from a communication error, to a surgical error, to a manufacturing error, to a diagnosis error, to a wrong medication error. Hundreds of thousands of patients die each year due to medical error. With the increase in medical errors, the United States has become the third leading cause of death. (Allen.M, 2013) All over the United States, there are many problems middle of paper...... due to many medical errors. Given the number of medical errors currently occurring, which is a current problem in health care, correcting the errors made costs health care billions of dollars each year. ReferenceAllen.M, (2013). How many people die from medical errors in American hospitals? Accessed March 29, 2014, from http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/20/224507654/how-many-die-from-medical-mistakes-in-us-hospitalsBrown. J, (2013). Reducing medication errors in nursing home admissions. Retrieved March 29, 2014 from http://www.elderbranch.com/blog/reducing-medication-errors-in-nursing-home-admissions/Mahar.M, (2011). Reduce the cost of medical errors: Spend a little to save a little. Accessed March 29, 2014, from http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2011/04/patient-safety-when-targeted-sending-trumps-indiscriminate-cuts-to-medicare