Error reduction in health care : a systems approach to improving patient safety /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:San Francisco : Jossey-Bass ; Chicago : Health Forum/AHA Press, c2000.
Description:xxxi, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4256465
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Other authors / contributors:Spath, Patrice.
ISBN:155648271X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • About the Editor
  • About the Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. A Formula for Errors: Good People + Bad Systems
  • Chapter 2. Measuring Performance of High-Risk Processes
  • Chapter 3. The Human Side of Medical Mistakes
  • Chapter 4. Accident Investigation and Anticipatory Failure Analysis in Hospitals
  • Chapter 5. Automating Root Cause Analysis
  • Chapter 6. One Hospital's View of Software Facilitation of Root Cause Analysis
  • Chapter 7. Proactively Error-Proofing Health Care Processes
  • Chapter 8. Reducing Errors through Work System Improvements
  • Chapter 9. A Structured Teamwork System to Reduce Clinical Errors
  • Index