Medical errors and patient safety [electronic resource] : strategies to reduce and disclose medical errors and improve patient safety / Jay Kalra.
Material type: TextSeries: Patient safety ; v. 1.Publication details: Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011.Description: viii, 113 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 610.28/9 22
- R729.8 .K35 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- The value of autopsy in detecting medical error and improving quality -- Total quality management, six-sigma, and health care.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.