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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778750303321

Titolo

To err is human [[electronic resource] ] : building a safer health system / / Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

0-309-13279-7

0-309-51563-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KohnLinda T

CorriganJanet

DonaldsonMolla S

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Medical errors - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 A Comprehensive Approach to Improving Patient Safety""; ""2 Errors in Health Care: A Leading Cause of Death and Injury""; ""3 Why Do Errors Happen?""; ""4 Building Leadership and Knowledge for Patient Safety""; ""5 Error Reporting Systems""; ""6 Protecting Voluntary Reporting Systems from Legal Discovery""; ""7 Setting Performance Standards and Expectations for Patient Safety""; ""8 Creating Safety Systems in Health Care Organizations""; ""A Background and Methodology""

""B Glossary and Acronyms""""C Literature Summary""; ""D Characteristics of State Adverse Event Reporting Systems""; ""E Safety Activities in Health Care Organizations""; ""Index""