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To do no harm : ensuring patient safety in health care organizations / Julianne M. Morath, Joanne E. Turnbull ; foreword by Lucian L. Leape.
Holman Biotech Commons R729.8 .M665 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morath, Julianne M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical errors--Prevention.
- Medical errors.
- Health facilities.
- Medical Errors--prevention & control.
- Safety Management--organization & administration.
- Health Facility Administration.
- Organizational Innovation.
- Truth Disclosure.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medical Errors--prevention & control.
- Safety Management--organization & administration.
- Health Facility Administration.
- Organizational Innovation.
- Truth Disclosure.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2005]
- Summary:
- The release of an Institute of Medicine report in late 1999 changed the landscape of patient safety quickly and dramatically. The news that as many as 98,000 individuals die each year from preventable medical error captured the attention of both the lay and professional public, nationally and internationally. This book is a comprehensive field guide that summarizes and translates the science of safety and human factors research for practical application in care delivery and patient care. Patient safety has now become the top priority in health care leadership and management. Yet because the science of safety and accident prevention is new to health care, there has been a shortage of practical, technical guidance in this area.
- Contents:
- Declare patient safety urgent and a priority
- Error and harm in health care
- Understanding the basics of patient safety
- Assume executive responsibility
- Import new knowledge and skills
- Install a blameless reporting system
- Assign accountability
- Align external controls and reform education
- Accelerate change for improvement
- The end of the beginning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-344) and index.
- ISBN:
- 078796770X
- OCLC:
- 54407710
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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