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Patient safety and hospital accreditation : a model for ensuring success /
Improving the culture of safety in our health care institutions is an essential component of preventing or reducing errors as well as improving overall health care quality. This book presents the clinically tested Myer's Patient Safety Model for health care system leaders, middle managers, and...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co.,
©2012.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to concepts of hospital accreditation and patient safety
- Milestones of hospital accreditation and patient safety in the United States
- A global view of patient safety and accreditation
- Universal "new" language of patient safety as part of the accreditation process: review of terms
- Current challenges in health care
- The reliability factor and why adverse events still happen in accredited health care organizations
- Organizational architecture in relation to accreditation and patient safety efforts: ready, fire, aim
- Overview of the Myers model for patient safety and accreditation and its application in health care
- Design at the leadership level (system level)
- Design at the unit level (microsystem)
- Design at the individual level
- How the model assists nursing with accreditation and patient safety efforts
- Measurements and data integration
- Root cause analysis and failure mode and effects analysis
- Recommendations for accrediting bodies and health care organizations.