Patient Safety (eBook)

A Case-Based Comprehensive Guide

Abha Agrawal (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2013 | 2014
XXXIII, 394 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4614-7419-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Despite the evolution and growing awareness of patient safety, many medical professionals are not a part of this important conversation.  Clinicians often believe they are too busy taking care of patients to adopt and implement patient safety initiatives and that acknowledging medical errors is an affront to their skills.

Patient Safety provides clinicians with a better understanding of the prevalence, causes and solutions for medical errors; bringing best practice principles to the bedside.  Written by experts from a variety of backgrounds, each chapter features an analysis of clinical cases based on the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodology, along with case-based discussions on various patient safety topics.  The systems and processes outlined in the book are general and broadly applicable to institutions of all sizes and structures.

The core ethic of medical professionals is to 'do no harm'.  Patient Safety is a comprehensive resource for physicians, nurses and students, as well as healthcare leaders and administrators for identifying, solving and preventing medical error.

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Despite the evolution and growing awareness of patient safety, many medical professionals are not a part of this important conversation. Clinicians often believe they are too busy taking care of patients to adopt and implement patient safety initiatives and that acknowledging medical errors is an affront to their skills.Patient Safety provides clinicians with a better understanding of the prevalence, causes and solutions for medical errors; bringing best practice principles to the bedside. Written by experts from a variety of backgrounds, each chapter features an analysis of clinical cases based on the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodology, along with case-based discussions on various patient safety topics. The systems and processes outlined in the book are general and broadly applicable to institutions of all sizes and structures.The core ethic of medical professionals is to "e;do no harm"e;. Patient Safety is a comprehensive resource for physicians, nurses and students, as well as healthcare leaders and administrators for identifying, solving and preventing medical error.

Inhalt

Clinical Case Series in Patient SafetyEditor: Abha Agrawal  Preface - Abha Agrawal  Section I: Concepts                Chapter 1 - Patient identification - Dea HughesChapter 2 - Teamwork and communication - Joseph ConigliaroChapter 3 - Hand-off and care transitions - Mei-Sing Ong and Enrico CoieraChapter 4 - Graduate medical education and patient safety - Jeanne M. Farnan and Vineet M. Arora Chapter 5 - Electronic health record and patient safety - Ken Ong and Regina CreginChapter 6 - Clinical ethics and patient safety - Erin A. Egan Section II:  Examples                         Chapter 7 - Medication error - Mei Kong and Abdul MondulChapter 8 - Medication reconciliation error - Robert J. Weber and Susan Moffatt-BruceChapter 9 - Retained surgical items - Verna C. GibbsChapter 10 - Wrong-site surgery - Patricia O'Neill and Eric N. KleinChapter 11 - Transfusion-related hazards - Barbara Rabin Fastman and Harold S. KaplanChapter 12 - Hospital-acquired infections - Ethan D. FriedChapter 13 - Hospital falls - Cynthia J. Brown and Rebecca S. (Suzie) MiltnerChapter 14 - Pressure ulcers - Grace M. Blaney and Monica SantoroChapter 15 - Diagnostic error - Satid Thammasitboon, Supat Thammasitboon andGeeta Singhal  Section III: Special considerations                Chapter 16 - Patient safety in pediatrics - Erin Stucky FisherChapter 17 - Patient safety in radiology - Alan Kantor and Stephen WaiteChapter 18 - Patient safety in anesthesia - Brian Bush and Rebecca TwerskyChapter 19 - Patient safety in behavioral health - Renuka Ananthamoorthy and Robert J. BerdingChapter 20 - Patient safety in outpatient care - Urmilala Sarkar Section IV: Organizational issues                 Chapter 21 - Error disclosure - Bryan A. Liang and Kimberly M. LovettChapter 22 - The culture of safety - Alberta T. PedrojaChapter 23 - Second victim - Susan Scott and Kristin Hahn-Cover  Appendix - Abha Agrawal                                           

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2013
• Zusatzinfo: XXXIII, 394 p. 73 illus., 68 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Allgemeinmedizin
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Medizintechnik
• ISBN-10: 1-4614-7419-1 / 1461474191
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4614-7419-7 / 9781461474197