Building a High-reliability Organization: A Toolkit for Success
Language: English
Published by Hcpro Inc, 2015
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- Title
- Building a High-reliability Organization: A Toolkit for Success
- Author
- Sculli, Gary L.; Paull, Douglas E.
- Publisher
- Hcpro Inc
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1556452993
- ISBN 13
- 9781556452994
Gary Sculli, RN, MSN, ATP
Douglas E. Paull, MD, FACS, FCCP, CHSE
Building a High-Reliability Organization: A Toolkit for Success is a practical guide to becoming a high-reliability organization (HRO). HROs practice the highest standards of patient quality and prevent never events before they occur. In this first-of-its-kind book, written for real-world healthcare professionals on the front lines of patient safety, authorsGary L. Sculli, RN, MSN, ATP, and Douglas E. Paull, MD, FACS, FCCP, CHSE, take the concept of an HRO and break down what it means at the point of care. Through step-by-step instructions and a practical, straightforward approach, they demonstrate how your organization can ensure safe patient care, every day, for every patient.
After reading this book, you will:
- Possess a clear understanding of what constitutes high-reliability healthcare
- Be able to promote evidence-based, reliable methods to improve safety, including team training, fatigue management systems, and investment in patient safety infrastructure and technology
- Understand which elements and behaviors must be included in an overall plan to achieve high reliability at the front lines of care
- Become a transformational leader in your healthcare organization
- Be able to apply the principles of a fair and just culture to promote the reporting, discussion, and disclosure of adverse events
Preface and Precepts
Chapter 1: Situational Awareness Is Fundamental to High Reliability
Chapter 2: Situational Awareness Countermeasures
Chapter 3: Everyone on the Same Sheet of Music
Chapter 4: YesYou Need to Use the Checklist!
Chapter 5: Preoccupation With FailureIts an Attitude
Chapter 6: Recognizing That the Expert Is Not Always the Person in Charge
Chapter 7: Lab Coats and Scrubs, Meet Suits and TiesSensitivity to Frontline Operations
Chapter 8: Just Response to Human Error: A Necessary Component of High-Reliability Organizations
Chapter 9: Standardize Communication and Processes to Create Equivalent Actors
Chapter 10: Ensuring Technical and Non-Technical Competence
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About the Author
Douglas E. Paull, MD, FACS, FCCP, CHSE, graduated from Duke University with degrees in zoology and medicine. He completed his general surgical training at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and his cardiothoracic surgical fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Prior to joining the Veterans Health Administrations National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS), Paull was associate professor of surgery at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He is currently director of patient safety curriculum and director of medical simulation at NCPS and has authored multiple publications on surgery, team training, and patient safety.
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