Building Safer Healthcare Systems: A Proactive, Risk Based Approach to Improving Patient Safety - Softcover

Spurgeon, Peter; Sujan, Mark-Alexander; Cross, Stephen; Flanagan, Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030182460 ISBN 13: 9783030182465

Publisher: Springer, 2020

Synopsis

Provides a new approach to patient safety in healthcare systems

Includes real-world case studies and illustrations of risk reduction and safety culture

Outlines what steps are required to adopt this new approach

Offers readers vital insights into proactive patient safety 

About this title

About the Author

From the Back Cover

This book offers a new, practical approach to healthcare reform. Departing from the priorities applied in traditional approaches, it instead assesses – both theoretically and practically – the successful lessons learned in other safety-critical industries, and applies them to healthcare settings. The authors focus on the importance of human factors and performance measures to establish proactive, systematic methods for healthcare system design. This approach helps to identify potential hazards before accidents occur, enhancing patient safety.

In addition, the book details the new approach on the basis of real-world applications in the NHS and insights from NHS staff. Case studies and results are presented, demonstrating the significant improvements that can be achieved in risk reduction and safety culture.

Lastly, the book outlines what steps healthcare organisations need to take in order to successfully adopt this new approach. The approach and experiential learning is brought together through the development of a new holistic patient safety education syllabus.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030182460
• ISBN 13: 9783030182465
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 195