| Description |
x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
ACHE management series |
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American College of Healthcare Executives Management Series |
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Management series (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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| Contents |
Foreword / Don Berwick and Lucian Leape -- 1. Introduction / Michael Leonard, Allan Frankel and Tern Simmonds -- 2. Focusing on high reliability / Michael Leonard and Allan Frankel -- 3. The human factor : effective teamwork and communication in patient strategy / Michael Leonard, Suzanne Graham and Bill Taggart -- 4. Effective clinical systems / Michael Leonard and Frank Federico -- 5. Involving the patient in safety efforts / Susan Edgman-Levitan -- 6. Communicating about episodes of harm to patients / Doug Bonacum, Carole Houk, Barbara I. Moidel and Doni Haas -- 7. Measurement : assessing a safety culture / Bryan Sexton and Eric Thomas -- 8. Accountability : defining the rules / Allan Frankel -- 9. Adverse-event and potential-event reporting systems / Allan Frankel -- 10. Patient safety leadership walkrounds / Allan Frankel -- 11. Analytical tools / Terri Simmonds and John Whittington -- 12. Conducting a patient safety project / Terri Simmonds and Michael Leonard |
| Summary |
"Healthcare organizations have an epidemic on their hands: Medical error is causing as many as 98,000 deaths a year in the nation's hospitals. And these failures are not due to unqualified clinicians or the lack of technology - instead, evidence indicates that at least 80 percent of medical error is system derived, meaning that system flaws are setting good people up to fail." "Achieving Safe and Reliable Healthcare: Strategies and Solutions provides healthcare leaders with a blueprint for building and supporting a culture of patient safety. It includes contributions from experts who have created comprehensive and successful patient safety programs in their organizations."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Medical errors -- Prevention.
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Health facilities -- Safety measures.
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Medical care -- Quality control.
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Medical Errors -- prevention & control.
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Safety Management -- methods.
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Safety.
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Risk Management.
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Health Services.
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Organization and Administration.
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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services.
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Accident Prevention.
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Health Services Administration.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Accidents.
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Public Health.
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Environment and Public Health.
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Safety Management.
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Medical Errors.
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| Author |
Frankel, Allan, M.D.
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Simmonds, Terri.
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Vega, Kathleen B.
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| LC no. |
2004052271 |
| ISBN |
1567932274 alkaline paper |
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9781567932270 paperback |
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