Patient Safety

by Vincent, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781405192217
• ISBN10: 1405192216
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-19
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

When you are ready to implement measures to improve patient safety, this is the book to consult. Charles Vincent, one of the worlds pioneers in patient safety, discusses each and every aspect clearly and compellingly. He reviews the evidence of risks and harms to patients, and he provides practical guidance on implementing safer practices in health care. The second edition puts greater emphasis on this practical side. Examples of team based initiatives show how patient safety can be improved by changing practices, both cultural and technological, throughout whole organisations. Not only does this benefit patients; it also impacts positively on health care delivery, with consequent savings in the economy. Patient Safety has been praised as a gateway to understanding the subject. This second edition is more than that it is a revelation of the pervading influence of health care errors, and a guide to how these can be overcome. REVIEWS: "... The beauty of this book is that it describes the complexity of patient safety in a simple coherent way and captures the breadth of issues that encompass this fascinating field. The author provides numerous ways in which the reader can take this subject further with links to the international world of patient safety and evidence based research... One of the most difficult aspects of patient safety is that of implementation of safer practices and sustained change. Charles Vincent, through this book, provides all who read it clear examples to help with these challenges" From a review in Hospital Medicine by Dr Suzette Woodward, Director of Patient Safety

Author Biography

Charles Vincent, Professor of Clinical Safety Research, Department of Biosurgery Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, UK

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The nature of the book	p. xi
Inspiration, acknowledgements and thanks	p. xiii
The Evolution of Patient Safety
Medical harm: a brief history	p. 3
The emergence of patient safety	p. 14
Integrating safety and quality	p. 31
The Hazards of Healthcare
The nature and scale of error and harm	p. 49
Reporting and learning systems	p. 75
Measuring safety	p. 96
From Accident Analysis to System Design
Human error and systems thinking	p. 119
Understanding how things go wrong	p. 141
The Aftermath
Caring for patients harmed by treatment	p. 171
Supporting staff after serious incidents	p. 192
Design, Technology and Standardization
Clinical interventions and process improvement	p. 211
Design for patient safety	p. 230
Using information technology to reduce error	p. 246
People Create Safety
Creating a culture of safety	p. 269
Patient involvement in patient safety	p. 290
Procedures, violations and migrations	p. 307
Safety skills	p. 321
Teams create safety	p. 341
The Journey to Safety
Safe organizations: bringing it all together	p. 371
High performing healthcare systems	p. 390
Index	p. 405
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