The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers

The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers Review

The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers, copublished with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is a comprehensive and authoritative repository of essential knowledge on patient safety. The book is geared to help patient safety leaders create a culture of safety; plan, oversee, and implement new safety practices and improve safety-related management and operations. The book is applicable to community hospitals, teaching hospitals, health care systems, rural/critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care settings. Best practices, strategies, and tips are provided in two sections: Core Knowledge and Insights and chapter-length case studies from nationally recognized health care organizations. The editors/authors are: Michael Leonard, M.D., Physician Leader of Patient Safety, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, and faculty, IHI; Allan Frankel, M.D., Principal, Lotus Forum, Inc., Washington, D.C., and faculty, IHI; Terri Simmonds, R.N., CPHQ, a Director, IHI; and Carol Haraden, Ph.D., Vice President, IHI.