The handbook of patient safety compliance
Subtitle: a practical guide for health care organizations
By: Fay A. Rozovsky and James R. Woods, Jr., editors ; foreword by Maree Bellamy.
Contributors: Rozovsky, F. A. 1950-.; Woods, James R., 1943-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Medical errors.; Medical Errors -- prevention & control.; Guideline Adherence -- organization & administration.; Medical Errors -- legislation & jurisprudence.; Safety Management -- organization & administration.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Patient safety : crossing the chasm from legal and regulatory compliance; title: Patient safety laws and regulations; title: Medical error reduction initiatives among accreditation and standard setting organizations; title: Failure modes and effective analysis : the risks and the rewards in healthcare; title: Medical error reduction : voluntary and regulatory oversight; title: Benchmarking : evidence based outcome information and standards of care; title: Creation and preservation of reports, data, and device evidence in medical error situations; title: Claims management risks in patient safety events; title: Full disclosure; title: Patient safety in human research; title: Medical errors reporting : maintaining confidentiality in the face of litigation; title: Managing patient safety compliance with health professionals; title: Planning for the future.