Safer hospital care
Subtitle: strategies for continuous innovation
By: Dev Raheja
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781439821022
Subjects: Hospitals; Safety measures; Standards; Health Care Quality Assurance; Methods; Medical Errors; Prevention & control; Organizational Innovation; Safety Management
Description: "An examination of the effectiveness of present hospital care methods, this book illustrates how to find simple, comprehensive solutions that produce high return on investment. It emphasizes innovative techniques, proven safety methods, models for risk managers, heuristics for leading change, reliability methods that deliver right care over time, dangers in medical devices for critical care, and techniques for giving care with speed and efficiency without compromising safety. Experts from the aviation industry, world-class organizations such as Toyota and General Electric, and innovative hospitals such as Johns Hopkins offer their insight"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.