Health care errors and patient safety
Hurwitz, Brian
Health care errors and patient safety - Chichester, UK; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books, 2009 - 1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations : (electronic bk.)
text Understanding patient safety -- Threats to patient safety -- Responses to health care errors and violations.
Remote Includes bibliographical references and index. The detection, reporting, measurement, and minimization of medical errors and harms is now a core requirement in clinical organizations throughout developed societies. This book focuses on this major new area in health care. It explores the nature of medical error, its incidence in different health care settings, and strategies for minimizing errors and their harmful consequences to patients. Written by leading authorities, it discusses the practical issues involved in reducing errors in health care.
9781444308167 1444308165 (electronic bk.) 9781444360318 (electronic bk.) 1444360310 (electronic bk.)
Health care errors and patient safety - Chichester, UK; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books, 2009 - 1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations : (electronic bk.)
text Understanding patient safety -- Threats to patient safety -- Responses to health care errors and violations.
Remote Includes bibliographical references and index. The detection, reporting, measurement, and minimization of medical errors and harms is now a core requirement in clinical organizations throughout developed societies. This book focuses on this major new area in health care. It explores the nature of medical error, its incidence in different health care settings, and strategies for minimizing errors and their harmful consequences to patients. Written by leading authorities, it discusses the practical issues involved in reducing errors in health care.
9781444308167 1444308165 (electronic bk.) 9781444360318 (electronic bk.) 1444360310 (electronic bk.)