The Safety Playbook: A Healthcare Leader's Guide to Building a High-Reliability Organization (ACHE Management)

The Safety Playbook: A Healthcare Leader's Guide to Building a High-Reliability Organization (ACHE Management) by Byrnes, John. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781567939453.

Transform your healthcare organization into a high-reliability, patient-centered system. Each year, medical errors cause over 200,000 deaths in the US. The Safety Playbook offers a practical guide for healthcare leaders to build a high-reliability organization focused on eliminating preventable medical errors and improving patient outcomes.This guide provides a clear process for building a safety program, emphasizing transparency, communication, and teamwork. Learn how to develop internal safety experts, implement effective tools, and foster a culture of safety. Discover how to engage leaders, improve patient outcomes, and reduce costs. This book is for board members, executives, clinical leaders, and quality/safety/risk management staff seeking to create a safer, more reliable healthcare environment. Review the current rate of medical errors and explore proven solutions. Discover how transparency about errors and their causes makes a successful safety program possible. Learn how developing internal safety experts saves time and money. Examine safety tools and practices used effectively in high-reliability industries. Understand why communication is the top cause of medical errors and how to improve it.