Patient safety and health care management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Grant T. Savage, Eric W. Ford

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, : JAI Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.18
• Soggetto topico: Patients - Safety measures; Medical care - Quality control; Medical errors - Prevention; Health services administration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SavageGrant T <1954-> (Grant Theodore) FordEric W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Patient Safety and Health Care Management; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; List of Reviewers; Preface: Some observations on patient safety; Patient safety: State-of-the-art in health care management and future directions; Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Managing Patient Safety; Part II: Top Mana Gement Perspectives on Patient Safety; Part III: Health Information Technology Perspectives on Patient Safety; Part IV: Organizational Behavior and Change Perspectives on Patient Safety; Assessing the state-of-the-art in patient safety research ; Concluding comments: The future of patient safetyReferences; Chapter 1. Evidence-based medicine and patient safety: Limitations and implications; Defining evidence-based medicine and patient safety; Contributions of evidence-based medicine to patient safety; Criticisms of evidence-based medicine and its limitations for patient safety; Heterogeneity of treatment effects, uncertainty, and quality improvement; Implications for maximizing patient safety; Summary and conclusions; References; Chapter 2. The anatomy and physiology of error in adverse health care events; Introduction ; Physiology of errorAnatomy of error; Health care error proliferation model; The role of health care leadership in patient safety; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. Promoting patient safety by monitoring errors: A view from the middle; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Study limitations; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. Quality and patient safety from the top: A case study of St. Francis medical center governing board's call to action; A culture of quality and patient safety; Leadership responsibility for culture change; Institute for healthcare improvement ; Barriers to effective board quality oversightBalanced scoreboard approach; St. Francis medical center: A case study; Board quality and patient safety literacy; Quality and patient safety committee; Clinical unit/department rounds; Medical staff credentialing and re-appointment; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 5. The trustee and patient safety: Redefining boundaries; Patient safety concerns intensify; Historical context; Hospitals as bureaucracies; The problem of clinical autonomy of physicians; Involvement of physicians on boards of trustees ; Conclusion: Patient safety as an increased role for the boardReferences; Chapter 6. Protecting the patient: Collaborating to achieve the ideal hospital work environment; The effects of a negative work environment; The intervention; Project outcomes; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. Privacy, security and the national health information network: A mixed methods case study of state-level stakeholder awareness; The research study; Case study 1; Case study 1 themes; Case study 2; Case study 2 themes; Cross-case analysis themes; Discussion; Note; References ; Chapter 8. Examining barriers to health information technology adoption
• Sommario/riassunto: Contains four sections that include, theoretical perspectives on managing patient safety, top management perspectives on patient safety, health information technology perspectives on patient safety, and organizational behavior and change perspectives on p
• Titolo autorizzato: Patient safety and health care management
• ISBN: 1-280-77083-X; 9786613681607; 1-84663-955-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455485003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in health care management ; ; v. 7.