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What is Patient Safety

Chapter 1
Quality Assurance in the Era of Individualized Medicine
The prevention of harm to patients. Emphasis is placed on the system of care delivery that prevents errors, learns from the errors, and is built on a culture of safety.
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The Science of Individuality and Healthcare Quality
Anastasius S. Moumtzoglou (P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Greece)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2390-2.ch001
Abstract
The application of linear models to human systems and healthcare management and quality has improved our understanding of their system structure and function. However, such models often fall short of explaining experimental results or predicting future abnormalities in complex nonlinear systems which help in dissecting and analyzing individual system components. Nonlinear models may better explain how the individual components collectively act and interact to produce a dynamic system in constant flux. They also assist in filling in some of the results that are not adequately explained by linear models. In this context, we should consider the integration of linear and non-linear theories in healthcare quality and management, drawing the initial conditions of chaotic behavior from the standardization of the linear theory, and distinguishing between desirable and undesirable variation relegating statistical process control only to issues of high certainty regarding the outcome.
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Chapter 3
Ethical Aspects of Information-Based Medicine (With a Focus on Mental Health)
A self-standing healthcare discipline related to the study and minimization of adverse effects of healthcare.
Published in Chapter: Ethical Aspects of Information-Based Medicine (With a Focus on Mental Health); From: Ethical Implications of Reshaping Healthcare With Emerging Technologies
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Chapter 12
Using Virtual Environments to Achieve Learner Outcomes in Interprofessional Healthcare Education
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Chapter 8
Evolution of the Health Record as a Communication Tool to Support Patient Safety
Is the absence or minimisation of accidental injury or preventable harm to patients while receiving healthcare. This term also covers the action.
Published in Chapter: Evolution of the Health Record as a Communication Tool to Support Patient Safety; From: Handbook of Research on Records and Information Management Strategies for Enhanced Knowledge Coordination
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Chapter 26
The Development and Implementation of Patient Safety Information Systems (PSIS)
Freedom, for a patient, from unnecessary harm or potential harm associated with healthcare.
Published in Chapter: The Development and Implementation of Patient Safety Information Systems (PSIS); From: Handbook of Research on Information Technology Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare
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Chapter 65
Emerging Technologies for Aging in Place
Institute of Medicine defines patient safety as “freedom from accidental injury;” conversely, error constitutes “the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim.” (Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000).
Published in Chapter: Emerging Technologies for Aging in Place; From: Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
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Chapter 21
Whistleblowing to Expose Criminal Activity in the Health Sector
Initiatives to assure freedom from accidental or preventable injuries produced by medical care. Emphasis is placed on the system of care delivery that prevents errors, learns from the errors that do occur, and is built on a culture of safety that involves health care professionals, organizations, and patients. With the expansion of internet technology in the use of medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, patient safety is increasingly vulnerable to web-based attacks, which have serious repercussions.
Published in Chapter: Whistleblowing to Expose Criminal Activity in the Health Sector; From: Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web
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Chapter 17
Information Architecture for Pervasive Healthcare Information Provision with Technological Implementation
A discipline in healthcare professions that applies safety science methods towards the goal of achieving a trustworthy system of healthcare delivery.
Published in Chapter: Information Architecture for Pervasive Healthcare Information Provision with Technological Implementation; From: Handbook of Research on Patient Safety and Quality Care through Health Informatics
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