Full Description
The harm associated with health care is a questionable issue and several systemic global strategies to reduce it with a safer system are being developed. Despite these efforts, errors continue to happen and one of the most important challenges is to become aware of its real dimension and process-occurrence. This book provides new research on patient safety and management. It discusses different perspectives, principles and reviews emerging issues in the medical field.
Contents
Preface; Harm Associated with Sanitary Assistance in HospitalsCharacterization & Factors Related to Adverse Events through Two Measurement Tools; The Role of Nursing Administration & Communication Regarding the Best Possible Care Provision; The Role of Guideline-Based Decision Support Systems in Execution of Complex Standard Operating Procedures; Patient Safety in the Hospital Environment: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Quality of the Provided Health Care Services; Patient Safety Culture in Greece: Narrowing the Gap between the Principles of Patient Safety Culture & Current Clinical Practice; Index.NER(01): GB IE
