Taking the Lead in Patient Safety : How Healthcare Leaders Influence Behavior and Create Culture

What Determines Patient Safety? -- Blueprint For Healthcare Safety Excellence -- Nine Dimensions Of Organizational Culture -- Qualities Of A Great Safety Leader -- Leadership Best Practices -- Changing Behavior With Applied Behavior Analysis -- Protecting Your Decision Making From Cognitive Bias -- Designing Your Safety Improvement Intervention -- Launching Culture Change For Patient And Employee Safety -- Nasa After Columbia : Lessons For Healthcare. Thomas R. Krause And John H. Hidley ; Foreword By Diane C. Pinakiewicz. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [271]-278) And Index. * Written by industry professionals: a workplace safety specialist in conjunction with a practicing physician and medical manager. * Provides recommendations for assessing hospital safety practices as well as specific suggestions for behavioural interventions. * Brings a systematic approach to healthcare safety, identifying common problems through illustrative case studies and offering solutions. * Offers several different perspectives including patient safety, doctor safety, and administrator safety. Content: Chapter 1 What Determines Patient Safety? (pages 9–30): Chapter 2 Blueprint for Healthcare Safety Excellence (pages 31–60): Chapter 3 Nine Dimensions of Organizational Culture (pages 61–88): Chapter 4 Qualities of a Great Safety Leader (pages 89–118): Chapter 5 Leadership Best Practices (pages 119–134): Chapter 6 Changing Behavior with Applied Behavior Analysis (pages 135–148): Chapter 7 Protecting Your Decision Making from Cognitive Bias (pages 149–176): Chapter 8 Designing Your Safety Improvement Intervention (pages 177–208): Chapter 9 Launching Culture Change for Patient and Employee Safety (pages 209–238): Chapter 10 NASA After Columbia: Lessons for Healthcare (pages 239–270):

• Written by industry professionals: a workplace safety specialist in conjunction with a practicing physician and medical manager.
• Provides recommendations for assessing hospital safety practices as well as specific suggestions for behavioural interventions.
• Brings a systematic approach to healthcare safety, identifying common problems through illustrative case studies and offering solutions.
• Offers several different perspectives including patient safety, doctor safety, and administrator safety.

Think leadership Blueprint for healthcare safety excellence Nine dimensions of organizational culture Qualities of a great safety leader Leadership best practices Changing behavior with applied behavior analysis Protecting your decision making from cognitive bias Designing your safety improvement intervention Launching culture change for patient and employee safety NASA after Columbia : lessons for healthcare. Medical accidents account for over 50,000 patient deaths every year in U.S. hospitals alone. Through a wealth of case studies, A Patient Safety Primer for Healthcare Leaders provides examples of how to address the most pressing safety concerns a hospital safety officer may face.