The Washington manual of patient safety and quality improvement
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451193558
- ISBN: 1451193556
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Physical Description:
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xxiii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction to patient safety and quality improvement -- Introducation to quality improvement -- Building high reliability in the health care system -- Quality improvement and patient safety tools -- Models for quality -- Accountability and reporting -- Healthcare information technology -- Preventable harm -- Health care-associated infections -- Coding and documentation -- Introduction to patient safety -- Culture of safety -- Event analysis -- Disclosure of adverse events and medical errors: supporting the patient, the family, and the provider -- Teamwork and communication -- Human factors -- Cognition and decision making -- Tools to improve patient safety -- Surgery and procedural areas -- Establishing a patient safety/quality improvement program in obstetrics -- Patient safety and quality improvement in anesthesia -- Intensive care -- Patient safety in the emergency department -- Patient safety in pediatrics -- Medical imaging -- Patient safety and quality in ambulatory care -- Patient safety issues specific to psychiatry -- Laboratory, transfusion medicine, and pathology services -- Medication safety -- Transitions in care and readmission -- Patient safety in radiation oncology. |
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Subject: | Medical errors Prevention Medical care Quality control Patient Safety Quality Improvement |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | R 729.8 .W37 2016 | 30775305534373 | General Collection | Available | - |