Patient Safety: A Case-based Innovative Playbook for Safer Care

This book provides a playbook and guide for creating a safer healthcare system through examinations of clinical case studies, coverage of medical errors, and solutions. It offers viewpoints from healthcare leaders, practitioners, and experts and provides a vision of patient safety in the subsequent decade.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 405 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book serves as a valuable playbook and guide for constructing a safer healthcare system within the contemporary healthcare landscape. It achieves this objective by delving into comprehensive examinations of clinical case studies, which vividly illustrate fundamental principles of patient safety. The book also encompasses a wide range of medical errors, including medication errors, and presents practical solutions that can be widely applied across various settings.

Throughout the book, the chapters feature insightful perspectives from healthcare leaders, accomplished practitioners, and experts in patient safety. In addition to emphasizing crucial concepts in patient safety, the book offers a visionary outlook on patient safety for the upcoming decade. Furthermore, it outlines the necessary changes that need to occur between now and the next 10 to 15 years to bring this future vision to fruition.

The book presents and analyzes a diverse range of cases to illustrate the most common types of medical errors and to assist readers in gaining a deeper understanding of the key clinical, organizational, and systems issues related to patient safety. This second edition of Patient Safety is an indispensable resource for all physicians, healthcare workers, policymakers, and residents who are committed to fostering a more equitable and effective healthcare system.

Weight: 732g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031359323
Edition number: 2nd ed. 2023