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Title The Washington manual of patient safety and quality improvement / editors, Emily Fondahn, Michael Lane, Andrea Vannucci
Published Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 392 pages) : illustrations
Series Lippincott manual
Lippincott manual.
Contents Introduction to patient safety and quality improvement -- I: Quality -- Introduction to quality improvement -- Building high reliability in the health care system -- Quality improvement and patient safety tools -- Models for quality -- Accountability and reporting -- Healthcare information technology -- Preventable harm -- Health care-associated infections -- Coding and documentation -- II: Patient safety -- Introduction to patient safety -- Culture of safety -- Event analysis -- Disclosure of adverse events and medical errors: supporting the patient, the family, and the provider -- Teamwork and communication -- Human factors -- Cognition and decision making -- Tools to improve patient safety -- III: Patient safety in specific clinical areas -- Surgery and procedural areas -- Establishing a patient safety/quality improvement program in obstetrics -- Patient safety and quality improvement in Anesthesia -- Intensive care -- Patient safety in the emergency department -- Patient safety in pediatrics -- Medical imaging -- Patient safety and quality in ambulatory care -- Patient safety issues specific to psychiatry -- Laboratory, transfusion medicine, and pathology services -- Medication safety -- Transitions in care and readmissions -- Patient safety in radiation oncology
Summary "With a focus on improving systems and processes, preventing errors, and promoting transparency, this practical reference provides an overview of PS/QI fundamentals, as well as insight into how these principles apply to a variety of clinical settings. Introduces models, measurement, and tools to assess patient safety and quality improvements. Each chapter begins with a clinical vignette and discussion questions, and offers additional resources for further reading. This unique volume provides the knowledge and skills necessary for an effective, proactive approach to patient safety and quality improvement"-- Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed August 14, 2023)
Subject Medical errors -- Prevention.
Medical care -- Quality control.
Patient Safety
Quality Improvement
Quality Assurance, Health Care
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
Medical care -- Quality control
Medical errors -- Prevention
Form Electronic book
Author Fondahn, Emily, editor.
Lane, Michael (Michael Andrew), editor.
Vannucci, Andrea, 1964- editor.
LC no. 2015049525
ISBN 9781469885377
1469885379
Other Titles Manual of patient safety and quality improvement