Research Catalog

Title

Understanding patient safety / Robert M. Wachter.

Author

Wachter, Robert M.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Description

xix, 298 : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"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 non-clinicians alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Medical Errors > prevention & control
• Medicine > Practice > Safety measures
• Patients > Safety measures
• Medical errors > Prevention
• Safety Management > methods

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. I. An Introduction to Patient Safety and Medical Errors -- Ch. 1. The Nature and Frequency of Medical Errors and Adverse Events -- Ch. 2. Basic Principles of Patient Safety -- Ch. 3. Safety Versus Quality -- Sect. II. Types of Medical Errors -- Ch. 4. Medication Errors -- Ch. 5. Surgical Errors -- Ch. 6. Diagnostic Errors -- Ch. 7. Human Factors and Errors at the Person-Machine Interface -- Ch. 8. Transition and Handoff Errors -- Ch. 9. Teamwork and Communication Errors -- Ch. 10. Nosocomial Infections -- Ch. 11. Other Complications of Healthcare -- Ch. 12. Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Setting -- Sect. III. Solutions -- Ch. 13. Information Technology -- Ch. 14. Reporting Systems, Incident Investigations, and Other Methods of Understanding Safety Issues -- Ch. 15. Creating a Culture of Safety -- Ch. 16. Workforce Issues -- Ch. 17. Training Issues -- Ch. 18. The Malpractice System -- Ch. 19. Accountability -- Ch. 20. Laws and Regulations -- Ch. 21. The Role of Patients -- Ch. 22. Organizing a Safety Program -- App. I. Key Books, Reports, Series, and Web Sites on Patient Safety -- App. II. Glossary of Selected Terms in Patient Safety -- App. III. Selected Milestones in the Field of Patient Safety -- App. IV. The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals (Hospital Version, 2007) -- App. V. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) -- App. VI. The National Quality Forum's List of 28 "Never Events" -- App. VII. Things Patients and Families Can Do, and Questions They Can Ask, to Improve Their Chances of Remaining Safe in the Hospital.

ISBN

• 9780071482776 (alk. paper : pbk.)
• 0071482776 (alk. paper : pbk)

LCCN

2008530067

OCLC

• ocn150380458
• 150380458
• SCSB-5398465

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries