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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162956103321

Autore

Riga Marina

Titolo

Impact of medical errors and malpractice on health economics, quality, and patient safety / / Marina Riga, Health Economist-Researcher, Greece, [editor]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hershey, PA : , : Medical Information Science Reference, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

9781522523383

9781522523376

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Advances in Medical Education, Research, and Ethics (AMERE) Book Series

Disciplina

610.28/9

Soggetti

Medical errors - Economic aspects

Medical personnel - Malpractice - Economic aspects

Medical care - Quality control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Clinical pathways and the human factor: approaches to control and reduction of human error risk / Vaughan Michell, Jasmine Tehrani -- Medical errors: impact on health care quality / Jayita Poduval -- Patient safety and medical errors: building safer healthcare systems for better care / Vasiliki Kapaki, Kyriakos Souliotis -- Application of quality management in promoting patient safety and preventing medical errors / Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Abraha Woldemichael -- The perspectives of medical errors in the health care industry / Kijpokin Kasemsap -- The role of forensic medicine in medical errors / Grigorios Leon -- The psychological impact of medical error on patients, family members, and health professionals / Mary I. Gouva -- The second victim phenomenon: the way out / Paraskevi K. Skourti, Andreas Pavlakis.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book initiates a debate among health decision makers, health professionals and patients about accurate reporting of medical errors for empowering the culture of patient safety and healthcare quality. It contain chapters that address the hidden weaknesses, failures and



malpractices existing in healthcare systems globally, the variety of medical errors' measurement methods, and other topics"--Provided by publisher.