Patient Safety
Subtitle: Achieving a New Standard for Care
Contributors: Philip Aspden (Editor); Janet M. Corrigan (Editor); Julie Wolcott (Editor); Shari M. Erickson (Editor)
Publisher: National Academy Press; National Academies Press
Published: May 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780309090773
Subjects: Health systems & services; Health Care Policy; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Health Care Delivery; Health Policy; Medical History & Records; Data processing; Medical errors; Medical informatics; Medical records; Standards; United States
Description: Building on the Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, this book puts forward a road map for the development and adoption of key health care standards to support both information exchange and the reporting and analysis of patient safety data.