Understanding Patient Safety / Robert M Wachter, Kiran Gupta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gupta, Kiran, ath.

Contributor:

Wachter, Robert M., ath.

McGraw-Hill Companies.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine

A Lange medical book.

A Lange medical book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Practice--Safety measures.

Medicine.

Patients--Safety measures.

Patients.

Medical errors--prevention & control.

Medical errors.

Patient Safety.

Safety Management--methods.

Safety Management.

Medical Errors/prevention & control.

Safety Management/methods.

Medical Subjects:

Medical Errors/prevention & control.

Patient Safety.

Safety Management/methods.

Physical Description:

528 pages : illustrations, figures, tables.

Edition:

3rd edition

Other Title:

Understanding Patient Safety, Third edition

AccessMedicine.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., c2018.

Contents:

Section I: An Introduction to Patient Safety and Medical Errors

Chapter 1: The Nature and Frequency Of Medical Errors and Adverse Events

Chapter 2: Basic Principles of Patient Safety

Chapter 3: Safety, Quality, and Value

Section II: Types of Medical Errors

Chapter 4: Medication Errors

Chapter 5: Surgical Errors

Chapter 6: Diagnostic Errors

Chapter 7: Human Factors and Errors at the Person-Machine Interface

Chapter 8: Transition and Handoff Errors

Chapter 9: Teamwork and Communication Errors

Chapter 10: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Chapter 11: Other Complications of Healthcare

Chapter 12: Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Setting

Section III: Solutions

Chapter 13: Information Technology

Chapter 14: Reporting Systems, Root Cause Analysis, and Other Methods of Understanding Safety Issues

Chapter 15: Creating a culture of safety

Chapter 16: Workforce Issues

Chapter 17: Education and Training Issues

Chapter 18: The Malpractice System

Chapter 19: Accountability

Chapter 20: Accreditation and Regulations

Chapter 21: The Role of Patients

Chapter 22: Organizing a Safety Program

Conclusion

Section IV: Appendices

APPENDIX I: Key Books, Reports, Series, and Websites on Patient Safety

APPENDIX II: The Ahrq Patient Safety Network (AHRQ PSNET) Glossary of Selected Terms in Patient Safety

APPENDIX III: Selected Milestones in the Field of Patient Safety

APPENDIX IV: The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals (Hospital Version, 2017)

APPENDIX V: Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs)

APPENDIX VI: The National Quality Forum's List of Serious Reportable Events, 2011

APPENDIX VII: The National Quality Forum's List of "Safe Practices for Better Healthcare-2010 Update"

APPENDIX VIII: Medicare's "No Pay for Errors" List*

APPENDIX IX: Things Patients and Families Can Do, and Questions They Can Ask, To Improve Their Chances Of Remaining Safe In The Hospital.

Notes:

"A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Oct. 26, 2017.

Other Format:

Online version: Understanding Patient Safety.

ISBN:

9781259860249 (print-ISBN)

1259860248 (print-ISBN)

9781259860256 (e-ISBN)

1259860256 (e-ISBN)

OCLC:

1073069539

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.