Patient safety : perspectives on evidence, information and knowledge transfer / by Lorri Zipperer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Editor; About the Contributors; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Context for Innovation and Improvement; 1 Patient Safety: A Brief but Spirited History; 2 Concepts, Context, Communication: Who's on First?; 3 Potential for Harm Due to Failures in the EI & K Process; Part 2 The Role of Evidence, Information and Knowledge; 4 Information and Evidence Failures in Daily Work: How They Can Affect the Safety of Care; 5 Leadership, EI & K and a Culture of Safety.

6 Weakness in the Evidence Base: Latent Problems to Consider and Solutions for ImprovementPart 3 Building Blocks of Safety that Affect Information, Evidence and Knowledge-sharing; 7 Systems Thinking, Complexity and EI & K for Safe Care; 8 Aviation Contexts and EI & K Innovation: Reliability, Teamwork and Sensemaking; Part 4 Practical Applications to Drive EI & K Progress in the Acute Care Environment; 9 EI & K Sharing Mechanisms in Support of Patient Safety; 10 Health Information Technology in Hospitals: Towards a Culture of EI & K Sharing; 11 Critical Intersections in Patient Safety.

12 Patient and Families as Vital EI & K Conduits13 Humans and EI & K Seeking: Factors Influencing Reliability; Part 5 Future States; 14 Analyzing Breakdowns in the EIK Pathway; 15 A Case to Illustrate the Opportunity for Healthcare in EI & K Enhancement; References; Glossary; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Index.

Patient Safety: Perspectives on Evidence, Information and Knowledge Transfer provides background on the patient safety movement, systems safety, human error and other key philosophies that support change and innovation in the reduction of medical error. The book draws from multidisciplinary areas within the acute care environment to share models to drive proactive changes in how team-based improvement efforts can make evidence, information and knowledge (EIK) sharing processes reliable, effective and necessary in support of safe care delivery. The publication discusses how the tenets of safety.

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