Author: Andreas DaumPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521841177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
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Berlin - Washington, 1800-2000
Author: Andreas DaumPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521841177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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To Err Is Human
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309068371
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDSâ€"three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries. Add the financial cost to the human tragedy, and medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent, widespread public problems. To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequenceâ€"but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agendaâ€"with state and local implicationsâ€"for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system. This volume reveals the often startling statistics of medical error and the disparity between the incidence of error and public perception of it, given many patients' expectations that the medical profession always performs perfectly. A careful examination is made of how the surrounding forces of legislation, regulation, and market activity influence the quality of care provided by health care organizations and then looks at their handling of medical mistakes. Using a detailed case study, the book reviews the current understanding of why these mistakes happen. A key theme is that legitimate liability concerns discourage reporting of errorsâ€"which begs the question, "How can we learn from our mistakes?" Balancing regulatory versus market-based initiatives and public versus private efforts, the Institute of Medicine presents wide-ranging recommendations for improving patient safety, in the areas of leadership, improved data collection and analysis, and development of effective systems at the level of direct patient care. To Err Is Human asserts that the problem is not bad people in health careâ€"it is that good people are working in bad systems that need to be made safer. Comprehensive and straightforward, this book offers a clear prescription for raising the level of patient safety in American health care. It also explains how patients themselves can influence the quality of care that they receive once they check into the hospital. This book will be vitally important to federal, state, and local health policy makers and regulators, health professional licensing officials, hospital administrators, medical educators and students, health caregivers, health journalists, patient advocatesâ€"as well as patients themselves. First in a series of publications from the Quality of Health Care in America, a project initiated by the Institute of Medicine
Washington 2000!
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793388171
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Washington, 2000
Author: Estimated Domestic, Irrigation, and Industrial Water Use in Washington, 2000
Author: Ronald C. LanePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Water, Ice, and Meteorological Measurements at South Cascade Glacier, Washington, 2000-01 Balance Years
Author: Robert M. KrimmelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Deadlock The Inside Story Of America's Closest Election
Author: Washington Post CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"... what really happened in the 'post-election' of 2000."--Dust jacket.
Census of population and housing (2000): Washington Population and Housing Unit Counts
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428986308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
2000 Census of Population and Housing, Washington, Population and Housing Unit Counts
Author: Publisher: Bureau of Census
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
2000 Census of Population and Housing. On cover: United States Census 2000. Contains statistical tables.
Author: George Washington