A Review of Current State-Level Adverse Medical Event Reporting Practices: Toward National Standards (Technical Report) - Softcover

Beckett, Megan K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0833039911 ISBN 13: 9780833039910

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 2006

Synopsis

Summarizes the results of a survey of a 50-state survey of systems for reporting adverse medical events that took place in 2004. The report documents the consistency of information that states collect, identifies issues relating to establishing a national patient safety repository, and presents a plan for implementing a standardized national system.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Richard S. Marken is a research psychologist, human factors engineer and statistical consultant who has worked in both academia and commerce including at Honeywell, Inc., RAND Corporation and a 15-year stint as an Engineering Specialist at The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA where he developed methods for rapidly prototyping and evaluating designs for the human-computer interface component of satellite ground control systems. He is the author of four books and over 50 papers on control system theory and psychology.

From the Inside Flap:

Summarizes the results of a 50-state survey of systems for reporting adverse medical events that took place in 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0833039911
• ISBN 13: 9780833039910
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 178