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To err is human : building a safer health system /

"This book sets forth a national agenda--with state and local implications--for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kohn, Linda T. (Editor ), Corrigan, Janet (Editor ), Donaldson, Molla S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2000]
Colección:Quality chasm series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.