Patient Safety Now: Applying Concepts, Theories, and Ideas for Creating a Safe Environment

The current pandemic has highlighted the need for a holistic,systematic approach to patient safety in healthcare,which extends across cultural, technological, and procedural boundaries. Patient Safety Now unites the concepts,theories, and ideas of the previous two books on patient safety with updated material and examples,and provides a unique view of patient safety that looks beyond the traditional negative and retrospective approach to one that is proactive and recognizes the impact of conditions,behaviors, and cultures that exist in healthcare on everyone.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 170 pages
Publication date: 04 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Over the past decade, we have witnessed a multitude of improvement programs and projects aimed at enhancing patient care safety within the healthcare sector. However, the full potential of these endeavors, particularly those aimed at transforming an entire system, has yet to be fully realized. The current pandemic has further highlighted this reality. In our pursuit of addressing problems, we have often resorted to a fragmented and narrow approach, focusing solely on individual harms one at a time. Our efforts have been characterized by simplicity and myopia, failing to grasp the holistic nature of the issue. To save more lives and significantly minimize patient harm, we must adopt a comprehensive, systematic approach that transcends cultural, technological, and procedural boundaries. Patient Safety Now is a call to action that emphasizes the importance of caring for everyone affected by patient safety. It urges us to take the time to provide meaningful care to all individuals and for hospitals to enable staff to care safely. This book builds upon the authors' previous works on patient safety, including Rethinking Patient Safety, which explored ways to rethink patient safety in healthcare and outlined the lessons learned over the past two decades. Implementing Patient Safety delved into different approaches and strategies for improving patient safety initiatives and fostering a culture of safety across healthcare systems. Patient Safety Now brings together the concepts, theories, and ideas from the previous two books with updated material and examples, including insights gained by patient safety specialists during the pandemic. By offering a unique perspective on patient safety, this book goes beyond the traditional negative and retrospective approach to one that is proactive and recognizes the impact of conditions, behaviors, and cultures that exist within healthcare environments. Through its comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, Patient Safety Now provides readers with valuable insights and tools to enhance patient care and promote safety within healthcare systems.

Weight: 280g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032018324