Error reduction in health care : a systems approach to improving patient safety.
Publication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2011.Edition: Second EditionDescription: xxiii, 392 p. : 24 cm. illISBN:- 9780470502402
- WB 100 E 2011
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Includes index.
Completely revised and updated, this second edition of ErrorReduction in Health Care offers a step-by-step guide forimplementing the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine toreduce the frequency of errors in health care services and tomitigate the impact of errors when they do occur.
With contributions from noted leaders in health safety, ErrorReduction in Health Care provides information on analyzingaccidents and shows how systematic methods can be used tounderstand hazards before accidents occur. In the chapters, authorsexplore how to prioritize risks to accurately focus efforts in asystems redesign, including performance measures and humanfactors.
This expanded edition covers contemporary material on innovativepatient safety topics such as applying Lean principles to reducemistakes, opportunity analysis, deductive adverse eventinvestigation, improving safety through collaboration with patientsand families, using technology for patient safety improvements,medication safety, and high reliability organizations.
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