Patient safety and hospital accreditation : a model for ensuring success [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to concepts of hospital accreditation and patient safety -- Milestones of hospital accreditation and patient safety in the United States -- A global view of patient safety and accreditation -- Universal "new" language of patient safety as part of the accreditation process: review of terms -- Current challenges in health care -- The reliability factor and why adverse events still happen in accredited health care organizations -- Organizational architecture in relation to accreditation and patient safety efforts: ready, fire, aim -- Overview of the Myers model for patient safety and accreditation and its application in health care -- Design at the leadership level (system level) -- Design at the unit level (microsystem) -- Design at the individual level -- How the model assists nursing with accreditation and patient safety efforts -- Measurements and data integration -- Root cause analysis and failure mode and effects analysis -- Recommendations for accrediting bodies and health care organizations.

Improving the culture of safety in our health care institutions is an essential component of preventing or reducing errors as well as improving overall health care quality. This book presents the clinically tested Myer's Patient Safety Model for health care system leaders, middle managers, and administrators to build their patient safety program and to help sustain, renew, or obtain accreditation.

The author provides detailed explanations of why medical errors still occur in accredited hospitals, and provides the much needed organization-wide steps to prevent these errors and enhance patient safety for improved outcomes. Current patient safety challenges are discussed with an emphasis on the concept of reliability. The Myers Model is examined in detail, along with current evidence for its three interrelated levels of organizational structure, the leadership (system) level, the unit (microsystem) level, and the individual level. The text includes interviews about key aspects of patient safety with three leaders of major health care accreditation programs in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Additionally, it provides an overview of reporting systems within the United States and covers two essential tools for patient safety, root cause analysis and failure mode and effect analysis. The book links all aspects of patient safety with accreditation standards at the national level, and also discusses efforts to globalize accreditation criteria and procedures.

Key features: Presents a clinically tested model for building a patient safety program and helping to sustain, renew, or obtain accreditation.

Provides tools for use in ensuring patient safety and accreditation, including root cause analysis and failure mode and effect analysis.

Discusses how aggregate data inform patient safety documentation and accreditation through integrated perspectives.

Offers a global view of accreditation and patient safety.

English.

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