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Informationen zum Autor Sukhmeet S. Panesar is Honorary Fellow, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Andrew Carson-Stevens is Clinical Lecturer in Healthcare Improvement, Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK Sarah A. Salvilla is Honorary Fellow, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Aziz Sheikh is Professor of Primary Care Research and Development, Co-Director of Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Visiting Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harkness Fellow in Health Policy and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA Klappentext Patient Safety and Healthcare Improvement at a Glance is a timely and thorough overview of healthcare quality written specifically for students and junior doctors and healthcare professionals. It bridges the gap between the practical and the theoretical to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients. Featuring essential step-by-step guides to interpreting and managing risk, quality improvement within clinical specialties, and practice development, this highly visual textbook offers the best preparation for the increased emphasis on patient safety and quality-driven focus in today's healthcare environment. Healthcare Improvement and Safety at a Glance : ¿ Maps out and follows the World Health Organization Patient Safety curriculum ¿ Draws upon the quality improvement work of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement This practical guide, covering a vital topic of increasing importance in healthcare, provides the first genuine introduction to patient safety and quality improvement grounded in clinical practice. Zusammenfassung Patient Safety and Healthcare Improvement at a Glance is a timely and thorough overview of healthcare quality written specifically for students and junior doctors and healthcare professionals. It bridges the gap between the practical and the theoretical to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgements xii How to use your revision guide xiii Part 1 The essence of patient safety 1 1 Basics of patient safety 2 Kaveh G. Shojania and Sukhmeet S. Panesar 2 Understanding systems 4 Carl Macrae 3 Quality and safety 6 Ranjit Singh and Gurdev Singh 4 Human factors 8 Ken Catchpole 5 Teamwork and communication 12 Sukhmeet S. Panesar, Sarah A. Salvilla, Martin Bromiley and Jane Reid 6 Reporting and learning from errors 14 Tara Lamont 7 Research in patient safety 16 Lilly D. Engineer and Peter Pronovost Part 2 Understanding and interpreting risk 19 8 Risk-based patient safety metrics 20 Elizabeth Allen and Sukhmeet S. Panesar 9 Root cause analysis 24 Donna Forsyth and Sundeep Thusu 10 Measuring safety culture 26 Debra de Silva Part 3 Risks to patient care 31 11 Medication errors 32 Sarah P. Slight, Tony Avery and David W. Bates 12 Surgical errors 36 Sukhmeet S. Panesar, Bhupinder Mann, Rajan Madhok and Andrew Carson-Stevens 13 Diagnostic errors 40 Ashley N. D. Meyer, Velma L. Payne, Hardeep Singh and Mark L. Graber 14 Maternal and child health errors 44 Susan Leavitt Gullo and Pierre Barker 15 Slips, trips and falls 47 Susan Poulton and Frances Healey 16 Patient safety in paediatrics 50 Peter Lachman and Jane Runnacles 17 Technology in healthcare and e-iatrogenesis 54 Kathrin M. Cresswell<...