Understanding Patient Safety

Name: Understanding Patient Safety
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ISBN: 9780071482776

ISBN-10: 0071482776

ISBN-13: 9780071482776

Edition: 2008

Authors: Robert Wachter

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Everything you need to deliver safe patient care or to improve patient safety in your organization "Understanding Patient Safety" is the essential book for anyone seeking to learn the key clinical, organizational, and systems issues in patient safety. Written in a lively and accessible style by one of the world's leaders in the fields of patient safety and quality, "Understanding Patient Safety" is filled with valuable cases and analyses, as well as up-to-date tables, graphics, references and tools - all designed to introduce the patient safety field to medical, nursing, pharmacy, hospital administration and other trainees, and to be the go-to book for experienced clinicians and…

Book details

List price: $43.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 10/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




An Introduction to Patient Safety and Medical Errors



The Nature and Frequency of Medical Errors and Adverse Events



Basic Principles of Patient Safety



Safety Versus Quality



Types of Medical Errors



Medication Errors



Surgical Errors



Diagnostic Errors



Human Factors and Errors at the Person-Machine Interface



Transition and Handoff Errors



Teamwork and Communication Errors



Nosocomial Infections



Other Complications of Healthcare



Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Setting



Solutions



Information Technology



Reporting Systems, Incident Investigations, and Other Methods of Understanding Safety Issues



Creating a Culture of Safety



Workforce Issues



Training Issues



The Malpractice System



Accountability



Laws and Regulations



The Role of Patients



Organizing a Safety Program



Key Books, Reports, Series, and Web Sites on Patient Safety



Glossary of Selected Terms in Patient Safety



Selected Milestones in the Field of Patient Safety



The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals (Hospital Version, 2007)



Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs)



The National Quality Forum's List of 28 "Never Events"



Things Patients and Families Can Do, and Questions They Can Ask, to Improve Their Chances of Remaining Safe in the Hospital