Patient safety and health care management

In: Advances in health care management volume 7

Abstract

Patient safety : state-of-the-art in health care management and future directions / Eric W. Ford, Grant T. Savage -- Quality and patient safety from the top : a case study of St. Francis medical center governing board's call to action / Louis Rubino, Marsha Chan -- The trustee and patient safety : redefining boundaries / Richard A. Culbertson, Julia A. Hughes -- Protecting the patient : collaborating to achieve the ideal hospital work environment / Donde Batten, Gerald Goodman, Susan M. Distefano -- Privacy, security and the national health information network : a mixed methods case study of state-level stakeholder awareness / Kimberly A. Galt, Karen A. Paschal, Amy Abbott, Andjela Drincic, Mark V. Siracuse, James D. Bramble, Ann M. Rule -- Evidence-based medicine and patient safety : limitations and implications / Grant T. Savage, Eric S. Williams -- Examining barriers to health information technology adoption / James D. Bramble, Mark V. Siracuse, Kimberly A. Galt, Ann M. Rule, Bartholomew E. Clark, Karen A. Paschal -- Improving patient safety through organizational development : considering the opportunities / Ann Scheck McAlearney -- S*t*a*r*t : a great handoff : an approach to effective medical communication in a high-risk environment / Ellen S. Deutsch, Brian Binck, Gina Moore, Ben-Tzion Karsh -- Changing a pediatric sub-acute facility to increase safety and reliability / Daved W. van Stralen, Racquel M. Calderon, Jeff F. Lewis, Karlene H. Roberts -- The anatomy and physiology of error in adverse health care events / Patrick A. Palmieri, Patricia R. DeLucia, Lori T. Peterson, Tammy E. Ott, Alexia Green -- Promoting patient safety by monitoring errors : a view from the middle / Michal Tamuz, Cynthia K. Russell, Eric J. Thomas