Patient safety / / Charles Vincent

• Autore: Vincent Charles, Dr.
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.28/9
• Soggetto topico: Medical errors; Iatrogenic diseases; Hospitals - Safety measures
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Patient Safety -- Contents -- Preface -- The nature of the book -- Inspiration, acknowledgements and thanks -- SECTION ONE: The Evolution of Patient Safety -- CHAPTER 1: Medical harm: a brief history -- CHAPTER 2: The emergence of patient safety -- CHAPTER 3: Integrating safety and quality -- SECTION TWO: The Hazards of Healthcare -- CHAPTER 4: The nature and scale of error and harm -- CHAPTER 5: Reporting and learning systems -- CHAPTER 6: Measuring safety -- SECTION THREE: From Accident Analysis to System Design -- CHAPTER 7: Human error and systems thinking -- CHAPTER 8: Understanding how things go wrong -- SECTION FOUR: The Aftermath -- CHAPTER 9: Caring for patients harmed by treatment -- CHAPTER 10: Supporting staff after serious incidents -- SECTION FIVE: Design, Technology and Standardization -- CHAPTER 11: Clinical interventions and process improvement -- CHAPTER 12: Design for patient safety -- CHAPTER 13: Using information technology to reduce error -- SECTION SIX: People Create Safety -- CHAPTER 14: Creating a culture of safety -- CHAPTER 15: Patient involvement in patient safety -- CHAPTER 16: Procedures, violations and migrations -- CHAPTER 17: Safety skills -- CHAPTER 18: Teams create safety -- SECTION SEVEN: The Journey to Safety -- CHAPTER 19: Safe organizations: bringing it all together -- CHAPTER 20: High performing healthcare systems -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: When you are ready to implement measures to improve patient safety, this is the book to consult. Charles Vincent, one of the world's pioneers in patient safety, discusses each and every aspect clearly and compellingly. He reviews the evidence of risks and harms to patients, and he provides practical guidance on implementing safer practices in health care. The second edition puts greater emphasis on this practical side. Examples of team based initiatives show how patient safety can be improved by changing practices, both cultural and technological, throughout whole organisations. Not only does this benefit patients; it also impacts positively on health care delivery, with consequent savings in the economy. Patient Safety has been praised as a gateway to understanding the subject. This second edition is more than that - it is a revelation of the pervading influence of health care errors, and a guide to how these can be overcome. "... The beauty of this book is that it describes the complexity of patient safety in a simple coherent way and captures the breadth of issues that encompass this fascinating field. The author provides numerous ways in which the reader can take this subject further with links to the international world of patient safety and evidence based research... One of the most difficult aspects of patient safety is that of implementation of safer practices and sustained change. Charles Vincent, through this book, provides all who read it clear examples to help with these challenges" From a review in Hospital Medicine by Dr Suzette Woodward, Director of Patient Safety. Access 'Essentials of Patient Safety - Free Online Introduction': www.wiley.com/go/vincent/patientsafety/essentials
• Titolo autorizzato: Patient safety
• ISBN: 9786613826619; 9781283514163; 1283514168; 9781444323856; 1444323857; 9781444323863; 1444323865; 9781444348071; 1444348078
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811258503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II