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"A timely gathering of distinguished authors to guide health care professionals through the mazes of error investigation and reduction strategies. A must read for those of us responsible for adverse event review processes." —Susan Anderson, Risk Management Consultant, University of Michigan Health System
"The content exceeds the reader's expectations and the text is a worthy reference in a climate of growing national attention. Its scope constitutes mandatory reading for executive and middle managers, as well as quality assurance and risk management professionals and physician leaders. The distinguished contributors bring unsurpassed expertise from a variety of sources, both inside and outside of health care. The information presented can be easily and practically applied to almost any health care setting and provides a step-by-step guide to operationalize a variety of patient safety initiatives. The concepts of latent errors, situational factors, and defective system barriers are clearly addressed. The chapter on automating root cause analysis will catch the attention of any quality assessment professional and provides practical options for error analysis. The review of proven error reduction techniques in the areas of medication administration, patient assessment, and use of restraints provide immediately useful approaches. As the health care industry struggles with a less than favorable public perception, the editor of this publication provides not only a theoretical framework to gain an understanding of the nature of error, but also outlines useful, practical, proven strategies for beginning a patient safety initiative in any health care organization. This is one of the first comprehensive references available since the subject has gained national attention." -- Catherine Buck, RN, MSN (Froedtert Hospital) in Doody’s Publishing (five-star review)
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An essential guide that brings to light the causes of medical mistakes and offers level-headed advice for leaders who must reduce the number of errors when delivering health care services.
With patient safety becoming a national priority, health care professionals are scrambling to find ways to curtail costly medical errors. Error Reduction in Health Care is a must-have resource that pinpoints how to reduce and eliminate medical mistakes that threaten the health and safety of patients and reduce the effect of the errors that do occur. It is a strategic guide that helps health care risk and quality managers analyze the root cause of medical errors, implement strategies for improvement, and monitor the effectiveness of these new approaches.
Error Reduction in Health Care is filled with illustrative examples of incident investigations and process improvement recommendations from leaders in the field of health care quality and risk management. With its step-by-step guide to operationalizing error reduction, this book should be required reading for hospital administrators, senior medical staff, and concerned board members.
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Joint Commission, New York, Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, United States, Dynamics Research Corporation, Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents, Medication Safety Alert, American Hospital Publishing, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Norm Standard, Rancho Mirage, Anaesth Intens Care, Breakthrough Series Guide, Memorial Hospital, Reducing Adverse Drug Events, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter, Cambridge University Press, Cur Prev Norm Std Measure, Down East Community Hospital, Hospital Care, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, National Patient Safety Foundation, Physician Insurers Association of America, Sven Ternov New!
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Mr. Murphy slipped on a wet floor in the locker room of the clubhouse at his favorite golf course. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joint Commission, New York, Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, United States, Dynamics Research Corporation, Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents, Medication Safety Alert, American Hospital Publishing, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Norm Standard, Rancho Mirage, Anaesth Intens Care, Breakthrough Series Guide, Memorial Hospital, Reducing Adverse Drug Events, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter, Cambridge University Press, Cur Prev Norm Std Measure, Down East Community Hospital, Hospital Care, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, National Patient Safety Foundation, Physician Insurers Association of America, Sven Ternov New!
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- Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents by James T. Reason on 8 pages
- Human Error by Reason James on 8 pages
- Human Error in Medicine (Human Error and Safety) by Marilyn Sue Bogner on 4 pages
- Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies by Charles Perrow on page 153, and page 197
- Risk Management by Dearborn Financial Services in Front Matter, and page 94
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- Monitoring the Quality of Health Care: Issues and Scientific Approaches by Thomas T.H. Wan on page 8, page 75, and Back Matter
- The Indispensable Health Care Manager: Success Strategies for a Changing Environment (The Jossey-Bass Health Series) by Wendy Leebov in Front Matter
- Adding Value to Long-Term Care by Dianne Lazer in Front Matter
- To Do No Harm: Ensuring Patient Safety in Health Care Organizations (J-B AHA Press) by Julianne M. Morath RN MS in Back Matter
- Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes by Robert Wachter in Back Matter
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