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The handbook of patient safety compliance : a practical guide for health care organizations

Title
The handbook of patient safety compliance : a practical guide for health care organizations / Fay A. Rozovsky and James R. Woods, editors ; foreword by Maree Bellamy.
Publication
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Rozovsky, F. A. (Fay Adrienne), 1950-
  • Woods, James R., 1943-
Description
xxi, 263 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"The Handbook of Patient Safety Compliance is a guide for all health care organizations and their leaders on how to take needed critical steps in improving the quality of care by reducing the risk of harm within their institutions. The book is filled with the most current information on the laws and regulations, initiatives, effective analysis, error reduction, standards of care, data, claims, disclosure, human research, confidentiality, and compliance in the area of patient safety." "Written for virtually every professional and leader in the health care field, as well as students who are preparing for careers in health services delivery, this book presents a framework for developing a patient safety program, shows how best to examine events that do occur, and reveals how to ensure that appropriate corrective and preventive actions are reviewed for effectiveness."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Maree Bellamy -- 1. Patient safety : crossing the chasm from legal and regulatory compliance / Fay A. Rozovsky -- 2. Patient safety laws and regulations / Ronni P. Solomon -- 3. Medical error reduction initiatives among accreditation and standard-setting organizations / Fay A. Rozovsky -- 4. Failure modes and effects analysis : the risks and the rewards in health care / Robert J. Latino -- 5. Medication error reduction : voluntary and regulatory oversight / David M. Benjamin and John P. Santell -- 6. Benchmarking : evidence-based outcome information and standards of care / Peter J. Pronovost and Fay A. Rozovsky -- 7. Creation and preservation of reports, data, and device evidence in medical error situations / Jane C. McConnell and Susan Durbin Kinter -- 8. Claims management risks in patient safety events / Pamela L. Popp -- 9. Full disclosure / James R. Woods, Jr. -- 10. Patient safety in human research / Rodney K. Adams -- 11. Medical error reporting : maintaining confidentiality in the face of litigation / Frederick Robinson and Lara E. Parkin -- 12. Managing patient safety compliance with health professionals / Mark A. Kadzielski and Christina W. Giles -- 13. Planning for the future / Fay A. Rozovsky and James R. Woods, Jr.
ISBN
0787965103 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2004019606
OCLC
  • ocm56347960
  • SCSB-5177482
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries