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Medical errors and patient safety : strategies to reduce and disclose medical errors and improve patient safety /

This book shows with real cases from health care and beyond that most errors come from flaws in the system. It also shows why they don't get reported and how medical error disclosure around the world is shifting away from blaming people to a model. The book will examine issues that stymie effor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kalra, Jay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2011.
Colección:Patient safety ; v. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An overview and introduction to concepts
  • Perceptions of medical error and adverse events
  • Causes of medical error and adverse events
  • Medical error and strategies for working solutions in clinical diagnostic laboratories and other health care areas
  • Creating a culture for medical error reduction
  • Improving quality in clinical diagnostic laboratories
  • Barriers to open disclosure
  • International laws and guidelines addressing error and disclosure
  • The value of autopsy in detecting medical error and improving quality
  • Total quality management, six-sigma, and health care.