Committed to safety: ten case studies on reducing harm to patients
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- McCarthy, Douglas. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2006]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medical Errors -- prevention & control Organizational Case Studies Organizational Culture Safety Critical Care -- methods Infection Control Patient Care Team Risk Management United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- This report presents 10 case studies of health care organizations, clinical teams, and learning collaborations that have designed innovations in five areas that hold great promise for improving patient safety nationally: promoting an organizational culture of safety, improving teamwork and communication, enhancing rapid response to prevent heart attacks and other crises in the hospital, preventing health care--associated infections in the intensive care unit, and preventing adverse drug events throughout the hospital. Participating organizations ranged from large integrated delivery systems to small community hospitals. The cases describe the actions taken, results achieved, and lessons learned by these patient safety leaders, with suggestions for those seeking to replicate their successes.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101278783 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101278783