Kalra, Jay.
Medical errors and patient safety strategies to reduce and disclose medical errors and improve patient safety / [electronic resource] : Jay Kalra. - Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011. - viii, 113 p. : ill. - Patient safety ; v. 1 . - Patient safety ; v. 1. .
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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Medical errors--United States.
Patient safety.
Patients--Safety measures--United States.
Electronic books.
R729.8 / .K35 2011eb
610.28/9
Medical errors and patient safety strategies to reduce and disclose medical errors and improve patient safety / [electronic resource] : Jay Kalra. - Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011. - viii, 113 p. : ill. - Patient safety ; v. 1 . - Patient safety ; v. 1. .
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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Medical errors--United States.
Patient safety.
Patients--Safety measures--United States.
Electronic books.
R729.8 / .K35 2011eb
610.28/9