Medical errors and patient safety : strategies to reduce and disclose medical errors and improve patient safety

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Kalra, Jay (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011
SeriesPatient safety
Subjects
ISBN9783110249491
Physical Descriptionviii, 113 s. : il. ; 24 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • An overview and introduction to concepts
  • Perceptions of medical error and adverse events
  • Causes of medical error and adverse events
  • Medical error and strategies for working solutions in clinical diagnostic laboratories and other health care areas
  • Creating a culture for medical error reduction
  • Improving quality in clinical diagnostic laboratories
  • Barriers to open disclosure
  • International laws and guidelines addressing error and disclosure
  • Tthe value of autopsy in detecting medical error and improving quality
  • Total quality management, six-sigma, and health care