Error reduction in health care
Subtitle: a systems approach to improving patient safety
By: Patrice L. Spath, editor
Edition: Second Edition.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780470502402
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Health Care Quality Assurance; Methods; Risk management; Medical errors; Health facilities; Risk Management; Prevention & control; Medical Errors; Prevention
Description: "Completely revised and updated this book offers a step-by-step guide for implementing the Institute of Medicine guidelines to reduce the frequency of errors in health care services and mitigate the impact of those errors that do occur. It explores the fundamental concepts and tools of error reduction, and shows how to design an effective error reduction initiative. The book pinpoints how to reduce and eliminate medical mistakes that threaten the health and safety of patients and teaches how to identify the root cause of medical errors, implement strategies for improvement, and monitor the effectiveness of these new approaches."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.