Understanding Patient Safety, Second Edition e-bog

Complete coverage of the core principles of patient safetyUnderstanding Patient Safety, 2e is the essential text for anyone wishing to learn the key clinical, organizational, and systems issues in patient safety. The book is filled with valuable cases and analyses, as well as up-to-date tables, graphics, references, and tools -- all designed to introduce the patient safety field to medical trainees, and be the go-to book for experienced clinicians and non-clinicians alike.FeaturesNEW chapter on the critically important role of checklists in medical practiceNEW case examples throughoutExpanded coverage of the role of computers in patient safety and outcomesExpanded coverage of new patient initiatives from the Joint Commission