| Description |
xxi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Patient safety : crossing the chasm from legal and regulatory compliance -- Laws and regulations on patient safety -- Medical error reduction initiatives among accreditation and standard setting organizations -- Failure modes and effective analysis (FMEA) : the risks and the rewards in healthcare -- Medical error reduction in the healthcare field : voluntary and regulatory oversight -- Evidence based outcome information, standards of care, and failure to achieve patient safety compliance -- Creation and preservation of reports, data, and device evidence in medical error situations -- Claims management risks when dealing with patient safety events -- Full disclosure -- Patient safety in human research -- Medical errors reporting : maintaining confidentiality in the face of litigation -- Managing patient safety compliance with health professionals -- Planning for the future |
| Summary |
"The Handbook of Patient Safety Compliance is a guide for all health care organizations and their leaders on how to take needed critical steps in improving the quality of care by reducing the risk of harm within their institutions. The book is filled with the most current information on the laws and regulations, initiatives, effective analysis, error reduction, standards of care, data, claims, disclosure, human research, confidentiality, and compliance in the area of patient safety." "Written for virtually every professional and leader in the health care field, as well as students who are preparing for careers in health services delivery, this book presents a framework for developing a patient safety program, shows how best to examine events that do occur, and reveals how to ensure that appropriate corrective and preventive actions are reviewed for effectiveness."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical errors.
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Medical Errors -- prevention & control.
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Guideline Adherence -- organization & administration.
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Medical Errors -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Safety Management -- organization & administration.
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| Author |
Rozovsky, F. A. (Fay Adrienne), 1950-
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Woods, James R., 1943-
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| LC no. |
2004019606 |
| ISBN |
0787965103 (alk. paper) |
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