Improving Patient Safety: Tools and Strategies for Quality Improvement

✍ Scribed by Raghav Govindarajan, Harleen Kaur (editor), Anudeep Yelam (editor)

Publisher: Productivity Press
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 299
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Based on the IOM's estimate of 44,000 deaths annually, medical errors rank as the eighth leading cause of death in the U.S. Clearly medical errors are an epidemic that needs to be contained. Despite these numbers, patient safety and medical errors remain an issue for physicians and other clinicians. This book bridges the issues related to patient safety by providing clinically relevant, vignette-based description of the areas where most problems occur. Each vignette highlights a particular issue such as communication, human facturs, E.H.R., etc. and provides tools and strategies for improving quality in these areas and creating a safer environment for patients.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Editors
List of Contributors
1 Introduction to Patient Safety and Medical Errors
2 Developing an Outline for Patient Safety Curriculum
3 Understanding System Errors
Section 1 Human Factors Engineering
Clinical Vignette 1: Every Sound Alarms
Clinical Vignette 2: Man and His Machine
Clinical Vignette 3: Expensive Gift
Section 2 Communication Issues
Clinical Vignette 1: Doctors Are from Mars and Nurses Are from Venus!
Clinical Vignette 2: Different Paths Yet the Same Goal
Clinical Vignette 3: It Was Erik’s Fault!
Clinical Vignette 4: You Are Not Alone!
Section 3 Culture of Patient Safety
Clinical Vignette 1: A Husband’s Worst Nightmare
Clinical Vignette 2: A Big No-No
Clinical Vignette 3: Alice in Wonderland
Clinical Vignette 4: A Doctor’s Curse
Clinical Vignette 5: The Real Price of Smoking?
Clinical Vignette 6: A Rainy Night
Clinical Vignette 7: Customer Service 101
Clinical Vignette 8: The Empty Crash Cart
Clinical Vignette 9: A Punch in the Face
Clinical Vignette 10: As the Kings So Are the Subjects
Clinical Vignette 11: The Encrypted Message
Section 4 Electronic Medical Records and Patient Safety
Clinical Vignette 1: Rubik’s Cube
Clinical Vignette 2: A Hurried Miss
Clinical Vignette 3: A Case of Mistaken Identity
4 Understanding Diagnostic Errors
Clinical Vignette 1: Is First Love the True Love?
Clinical Vignette 2: Experience Is the Teacher of All Things or Is It?
Clinical Vignette 3: The Man with the Black Coat
Clinical Vignette 4: Don’t Question Me!
Clinical Vignette 5: Trouble with the Curve
Clinical Vignette 6: The New Epidemic
5 Understanding Human/Provider Errors
Clinical Vignette 1: Does Age Bring Wisdom?
Clinical Vignette 2: The Zero-Sum Game
Clinical Vignette 3: Do We Owe our Patients our Lives?
6 Tools and Strategies for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety: A Primer for Healthcare Providers
Index

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