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Five Disciplines for Zero Patient Harm: How High Reliability Happens

Five Disciplines for Zero Patient Harm: How High Reliability Happens

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ISBN10: 1640550682
ISBN13: 9781640550681
Publisher: Ache Learn
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Safe care for every patient, in every setting, every time. Is this really an achievable goal for all healthcare organizations?

Yes, it is. The vast majority of occurrences of harm to patients during their care are preventable. But simply aiming for improvement won't do; healthcare organizations must reset their patient safety goal to zero patient harm.

Five Disciplines for Zero Patient Harm: How High Reliability Happens offers real-world, how-to guidance for driving fundamental change that consistently achieves safe patient care. Drawing on best practices from high-hazard industries such as aviation, nuclear power, and air traffic control, this book details the safety habits and disciplines that are ingrained in such organizations' cultures and behaviors. Specifically, five disciplines of performance excellence, when consistently applied to healthcare organizations, can save lives and protect patients from harm:

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