Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book

Title Error reduction in health care : a systems approach to improving patient safety / Patrice L. Spath, editor
Edition First edition
Published San Francisco : Jossey-Bass ; Chicago, IL : AHA Press, 1999

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 WATERFT HEALTH  362.1 Spa/Eri  AVAILABLE
Description xxix, 284 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Ch. 1. A Formula for Errors: Good People + Bad Systems / Susan McClanahan, Susan T. Goodwin and Frank Houser -- Ch. 2. Measuring Performance of High-Risk Processes / Karen Ferraco and Patrice L. Spath -- Ch. 3. The Human Side of Medical Mistakes / Sven Ternov -- Ch. 4. Accident Investigation and Anticipatory Failure Analysis in Hospitals / Sanford E. Feldman and Douglas W. Roblin -- Ch. 5. Automating Root Cause Analysis / Robert J. Latino -- Ch. 6. One Hospital's View of Software Facilitation of Root Cause Analysis / Kenneth A. Hirsch and Dennis T. Wallace -- Ch. 7. Proactively Error-Proofing Health Care Processes / Richard J. Croteau and Paul M. Schyve -- Ch. 8. Reducing Errors through Work System Improvements / Patrice L. Spath -- Ch. 9. A Structured Teamwork System of Reduce Clinical Errors / Daniel T. Risser, Robert Simon and Matthew M. Rice / [et al.]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Health facilities -- Risk management.
Medical errors -- Prevention.
Health Facilities.
Medical Errors -- prevention & control.
Medical Errors.
Risk Management.
Risk Management -- methods.
Author Spath, Patrice.
American Hospital Association.
LC no. 99037104
ISBN 155648271X