Full Description
When you are ready to implement measures to improve patient safety, this is the book to consult. Charles Vincent, one of the world's 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.
"... 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.
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Contents
Preface ix
The nature of the book xi
Inspiration acknowledgements and thanks xiii
Section One The Evolution of Patient Safety
Chapter 1 Medical harm: a brief history 3
Chapter 2 The emergence of patient safety 14
Chapter 3 Integrating safety and quality 31
Section Two The Hazards of Healthcare
Chapter 4 The nature and scale of error and harm 49
Chapter 5 Reporting and learning systems 75
Chapter 6 Measuring safety 96
Section Three From Accident Analysis to System Design
Chapter 7 Human error and systems thinking 119
Chapter 8 Understanding how things go wrong 141
Section Four The Aftermath
Chapter 9 Caring for patients harmed by treatment 171
Chapter 10 Supporting staff after serious incidents 192
Section Five Design Technology and Standardization
Chapter 11 Clinical interventions and process improvement 211
Chapter 12 Design for patient safety 230
Chapter 13 Using information technology to reduce error 246
Section Six People Create Safety
Chapter 14 Creating a culture of safety 269
Chapter 15 Patient involvement in patient safety 290
Chapter 16 Procedures violations and migrations 307
Chapter 17 Safety skills 321
Chapter 18 Teams create safety 341
Section Seven The Journey to Safety
Chapter 19 Safe organizations: bringing it all together 371
Chapter 20 High performing healthcare systems 390
Index 405
