Management mistakes in healthcare
Subtitle: identification, correction, and prevention
By: edited by Paul Hofmann and Frankie Perry ; foreword by Richard J. Davidson.
Contributors: Hofmann, Paul B., 1941-; Perry, Frankie.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Health services administration.; Health services administration -- Case studies.; Health Services Administration.; Hospital Administration -- methods.; Medical Errors -- prevention & control.; Organizational Case Studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "This book defines management mistakes and offers a variety of models to classify and interpret them. It describes the evolution of management mistakes, techniques for identifying and disclosing mistakes, the relationship between management and medical mistakes, and steps to prevent and correct mistakes. Six case studies, drawn from a real set of events in healthcare organizations, describe management mistakes and are followed by commentaries by experts in the field of healthcare management. They indicate steps that might have produced more positive outcomes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-241) and index.