Vignettes in Patient Safety. Volume 1 / edited by Michael S. Firstenberg and Stanislaw P. Stawicki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michael S. Firstenberg

Contributor:

Firstenberg, Michael S., editor.

Stawicki, Stanislaw P., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2017

Rijeka, Croatia : IntechOpen, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is clearly recognized that medical errors represent a significant source of preventable healthcare-related morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, evidence shows that such complications are often the result of a series of smaller errors, missed opportunities, poor communication, breakdowns in established guidelines or protocols, or system-based deficiencies. While such events often start with the misadventures of an individual, it is how such events are managed that can determine outcomes and hopefully prevent future adverse events. The goal of Vignettes in Patient Safety is to illustrate and discuss, in a clinically relevant format, examples in which evidence-based approaches to patient care, using established methodologies to develop highly functional multidisciplinary teams, can help foster an institutional culture of patient safety and high-quality care delivery.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 14, 2022).

ISBN:

9789535146537

953514653X

9789535135203

9535135201