To err is human : building a safer health system /
To err is human : building a safer health system /
Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, editors.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 287 pages) : illustrations
- Quality chasm series .
- Quality chasm series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A comprehensive approach to improving patient safety -- 2. Errors in health care: a leading cause of death and injury -- 3. Why do errors happen? -- 4. Building leadership and knowledge for patient safety -- 5. Error reporting systems -- 6. Protecting voluntary reporting systems from legal discovery -- 7. Setting performance standards and expectations for patient safety -- 8. Creating safety systems in health care organizations.
"This book sets forth a national agenda--with state and local implications--for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system."--Jacket.
9780309515634 (electronic bk.) 0309515637 (electronic bk.) 9780309261746 (electronic bk.) 0309261740 (electronic bk.) 9780585212739 (electronic bk.) 0585212732 (electronic bk.) (hardcover) (hardcover)
99088993
Medical errors--Prevention.
Medical Errors--prevention & control
Erreurs médicales--Prévention.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Medical errors--Prevention.
Fouten.
Gezondheidszorg.
Health and Wellbeing.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
R729.8 / .T6 2000eb
362.1
QZ 42 / T627 2000
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A comprehensive approach to improving patient safety -- 2. Errors in health care: a leading cause of death and injury -- 3. Why do errors happen? -- 4. Building leadership and knowledge for patient safety -- 5. Error reporting systems -- 6. Protecting voluntary reporting systems from legal discovery -- 7. Setting performance standards and expectations for patient safety -- 8. Creating safety systems in health care organizations.
"This book sets forth a national agenda--with state and local implications--for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system."--Jacket.
9780309515634 (electronic bk.) 0309515637 (electronic bk.) 9780309261746 (electronic bk.) 0309261740 (electronic bk.) 9780585212739 (electronic bk.) 0585212732 (electronic bk.) (hardcover) (hardcover)
99088993
Medical errors--Prevention.
Medical Errors--prevention & control
Erreurs médicales--Prévention.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Medical errors--Prevention.
Fouten.
Gezondheidszorg.
Health and Wellbeing.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
R729.8 / .T6 2000eb
362.1
QZ 42 / T627 2000