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To err is human : building a safer health system / Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Quality chasm seriesPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 287 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780309515634
  • 0309515637
  • 9780309261746
  • 0309261740
  • 9780585212739
  • 0585212732
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: To err is human.DDC classification:
  • 362.1 23
LOC classification:
  • R729.8 .T6 2000eb
NLM classification:
  • QZ 42
Other classification:
  • 44.04
Online resources:
Contents:
1. A comprehensive approach to improving patient safety -- 2. Errors in health care: a leading cause of death and injury -- 3. Why do errors happen? -- 4. Building leadership and knowledge for patient safety -- 5. Error reporting systems -- 6. Protecting voluntary reporting systems from legal discovery -- 7. Setting performance standards and expectations for patient safety -- 8. Creating safety systems in health care organizations.
Summary: "This book sets forth a national agenda--with state and local implications--for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A comprehensive approach to improving patient safety -- 2. Errors in health care: a leading cause of death and injury -- 3. Why do errors happen? -- 4. Building leadership and knowledge for patient safety -- 5. Error reporting systems -- 6. Protecting voluntary reporting systems from legal discovery -- 7. Setting performance standards and expectations for patient safety -- 8. Creating safety systems in health care organizations.

"This book sets forth a national agenda--with state and local implications--for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system."--Jacket

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