Research Catalog

Title

Taking the lead in patient safety : how healthcare leaders influence behavior and create culture / Thomas R. Krause and John H. Hidley ; foreword by Diane C. Pinakiewicz.

Author

Krause, Thomas R., 1944-

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

Hidley, John H.

Description

xii, 287 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Medical errors > Prevention
• Health services administrators
• Patients > Safety measures
• Health Facilities
• Safety Management
• Leadership
• Medical Errors > prevention & control
• Organizational Culture
• Patient Care

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-278) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Diane C. Pinakiewicz -- Think leadership -- Think systems -- Think strategy -- Think culture -- Think behavior -- About this book -- 1. What Determines Patient Safety? -- Why make safety happen? -- What stands in the way of improved healthcare safety? -- Whose job is it to take the lead? -- 2. Blueprint for Healthcare Safety Excellence -- The working interface: Where exposure to hazard can occur -- Healthcare safety-enabling elements -- Organizational sustaining systems -- Organizational culture -- The charge of the safety leader -- 3. Nine Dimensions of Organizational Culture -- Measuring culture with the Organizational Culture Diagnostic Instrument -- Organizational dimensions: The four pillars of culture -- Team dimensions -- Safety-specific dimensions -- Why do some organizations change more readily than others? -- 4. Qualities of a Great Safety Leader -- The Safety Leadership Model -- Measuring leadership with the Leadership Diagnostic Instrument (LDI) -- Personal safety ethic -- Leadership style -- 5. Leadership Best Practices -- Vision -- Credibility -- Action orientation -- Collaboration -- Communication -- Recognition and feedback -- Accountability -- Measuring leadership best practices with the LDI -- 6. Changing Behavior with Applied Behavior Analysis -- What is behavior change? -- Antecedents, behaviors, and consequences -- ABC analysis -- Putting the tools to work in your organization -- 7. Protecting Your Decision Making from Cognitive Bias -- Tragedy on Mount Everest -- Cognitive bias and healthcare safety -- Biases of data selection -- Biases of data use -- Case study: Cognitive bias in manufacturing -- Putting your knowledge to work.

ISBN

• 9780470225394 (cloth)
• 0470225394 (cloth)

LCCN

2008035475

OCLC

• ocn243818565
• 243818565
• SCSB-5466362

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries