Features:

• 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

Contents

1. What Determines Patient Safety?
2. Blueprint for Healthcare Safety Excellence
3. Nine Dimensions of Organizational Culture
4. Qualities of a Great Safety Leader
5. Leadership Best Practices
6. Changing Behavior with Applied Behavior Analysis
7. Protecting Your Decision Making from Cognitive Bias
8. Designing Your Safety Improvement Intervention
9. Launching Culture Change for Patient and Employee Safety
10. NASA After Columbia: Lessons for Healthcare

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