Patient safety and hospital accreditation
Subtitle: a model for ensuring success
By: Sharon Ann Myers
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826106391; 9780826106407
Subjects: Safety Management; Patient Care; Accreditation; Hospitals; Nursing Models; Standards
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to concepts of hospital accreditation and patient safety; title: Milestones of hospital accreditation and patient safety in the United States; title: A global view of patient safety and accreditation; title: Universal "new" language of patient safety as part of the accreditation process; title: Current challenges in healthcare; title: The reliability factor and why adverse events still happen in accredited healthcare organizations; title: Organizational architecture in relation to patient safety efforts ready, fire, aim; title: Overview of the Myers model for patient safety and accreditation and its application in healthcare; title: Design at the leadership level (system level); title: Design at the unit level (microsystem); title: Design at the individual level; title: How the model assists nursing with accreditation and patient safety efforts; title: Measurements and data integration; title: Root cause analysis and failure mode and effects analysis; title: Recommendations for accrediting bodies and healthcare organizations.