Patient safety and hospital accreditation : a model for ensuring success / Sharon Ann Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, Sharon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals--Safety measures.

Hospitals.

Medical errors--Prevention.

Medical errors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Improving the culture of safety in our health care institutions is an essential component of preventing or reducing errors as well as improving overall health care quality. This book presents the clinically tested Myer's Patient Safety Model for health care system leaders, middle managers, and administrators to build their patient safety program and to help sustain, renew, or obtain accreditation. The author provides detailed explanations of why medical errors still occur in accredited hospitals, and provides the much needed organization-wide steps to prevent these errors and enhance patient s

Contents:

Introduction to concepts of hospital accreditation and patient safety

Milestones of hospital accreditation and patient safety in the United States

A global view of patient safety and accreditation

Universal "new" language of patient safety as part of the accreditation process

Current challenges in healthcare

The reliability factor and why adverse events still happen in accredited healthcare organizations

Organizational architecture in relation to patient safety efforts ready, fire, aim

Overview of the Myers model for patient safety and accreditation and its application in healthcare

Design at the leadership level (system level)

Design at the unit level (microsystem)

Design at the individual level

How the model assists nursing with accreditation and patient safety efforts

Measurements and data integration

Root cause analysis and failure mode and effects analysis

Recommendations for accrediting bodies and healthcare organizations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-12874-7

9786613532626

0-8261-0640-4

OCLC:

772845484