{"product_id":"understanding-patient-safety-second-edition","title":"Understanding Patient Safety  Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eGain a thorough understanding of the key principles of patient safety with the subjects pioneer text -- Now in full color  A Doodys Core Title for 2015! \"This highly readable yet comprehensive book will appeal to every member of the healthcare team. It is a must for every physicians bookshelf.\" -- Abraham Verghese  MD  Professor  Stanford University andauthor of the bestselling Cutting for Stone \"Bob Wachters quest to improve the safety of American healthcare represents the very essence of a physicians duty to put the patient first. His unflinching candor about the nature and magnitude of our current safety problems is matched only by his passion forimprovement.\" -- Mark R. Chassin  MD  MPP  MPH  President  The Joint Commission \"Amazingly readable for such a wealth of important information. This book should be required reading for every health professional and every healthcare executive.\" -- Christine Cassel  MD  President and CEO  American Board of Internal Medicine \"In a single volume  Wachter accomplishes the seemingly impossible: furnishing the novice with a highly accessible  easy-to-read introduction to patient safety  while providing a comprehensive  fully annotated reference for the experienced patient safety practitioner. All of the important issues are addressed in individual chapters  each with a lively and relevant clinical example and a key points summary at the end bracketing full  balancedand lucid descriptions. A true gem  destined to be a close companion for all of us who strive to make healthcare safe.\" -- Lucian Leape  MD  Professor  Harvard School of Public Health and Chair  Lucian Leape Institute of the National Patient Safety Foundation \"Theres no more prominent authority on patient safety than Bob Wachter. And theres no more effective primer on patient safety than this one.\" -- Atul Gawande  MD  MPH  Associate Professor  Harvard Medical School  staff writer for the New Yorker  and bestselling author of Complications and The Checklist Manifesto \"Compelling: a must read for all concerned with patient safety. Bob Wachter has a unique voice  incorporating clinical experience  research expertise  and policy implicationsall with the patient front and center.\" -- Peter J. Pronovost  MD  PhD  Professor and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality  Johns Hopkins Medicine Understanding Patient Safety  Second Edition is the essential book for anyone seeking to learn the core clinical  organizational  and systems issues of patient safety. Written in an engaging and accessible style by one of the worlds leading authorities on patient safety and quality  Understanding Patient Safety is filled with valuable cases and analyses  as well as tables  graphics  references  and tools. This classic reference is designed to make the patient safety field understandable to medical  nursing  pharmacy  hospital administration  and other trainees  and to be the go-to book for experienced clinicians and non-clinicians alike. The second edition has been revised to include coverage of the latest issues and trends  including: Information technology Measurements of safety  errors  and harm Checklist-based interventions Safety targets Policy issues in patient safety Balancing no blame and accountability  Understanding Patient Safety  Second Edition delivers key insights to help you understand and prevent aa broad range of errors  including those related to medications  surgery  diagnosis  infections  and nursing care. The crucial contextual issues -- including errors at the person-machine interface  the role of culture  patient engagement in their own safety  and workforce and trainee considerations  are also well covered. Finally  the book provides a practical overview of how to organize an effective safety program  in both hospitals and clinics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959919636533,"sku":"ByrdShop_0071765786","price":32.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780071765787.jpg?v=1770379070","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/understanding-patient-safety-second-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}