New Horizons in Patient Safety: Safe Communication

New Horizons in Patient Safety: Safe Communication
Author: Annegret Hannawa
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2017-12-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3110454505

This case studies book is an indispensable resource for educators, students, and practitioners of nursing. It is innovative in its application of lessons from the communication sciences to common challenges in the delivery of safe patient care. The authors apply basic tenets of human communication to the context of nursing to provide a foundation for practices that can advance the safety and quality of care. The cases, which describe "close calls" and adverse events, are organized along the continuum of healthcare delivery, providing quick access to solutions in commonly encountered care situations. Each case is accompanied by a discussion of how skillful communication can be key to preventing and recovering from errors and adverse events. Thought-provoking discussion questions and references for further reading make this book a valuable reference for nursing educators, students, and practitioners across the world.

ASHP's Informatics Pearls

ASHP's Informatics Pearls
Author: Bonnie Levin
Publisher: ASHP
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2009-06-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1585282901

ASHP’s Informatics Pearls is a compilation of expanded versions of original sessions from the 2006 and 2007 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meetings. The pearls presented will help identify how pharmacy informatics programs can be utilized in your hospital system to improve patient care. It will also compare various pharmacy informatics programs and how they improve the medication-use system. Expanded topics from the Informatics Pearls sessions include topics on: The transition from paper to online forms Barcode uses Training on a new health care system technology And much more.

Uncaring

Uncaring
Author: Robert Pearl
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1541758250

Doctors are taught how to cure people. But they don’t always know how to care for them. Hardly anyone is happy with American healthcare these days. Patients are getting sicker and going bankrupt from medical bills. Doctors are burning out and making dangerous mistakes. Both parties blame our nation’s outdated and dysfunctional healthcare system. But that’s only part of the problem. In this important and timely book, Dr. Robert Pearl shines a light on the unseen and often toxic culture of medicine. Today’s physicians have a surprising disdain for technology, an unhealthy obsession with status, and an increasingly complicated relationship with their patients. All of this can be traced back to their earliest experiences in medical school, where doctors inherit a set of norms, beliefs, and expectations that shape almost every decision they make, with profound consequences for the rest of us. Uncaring draws an original and revealing portrait of what it’s actually like to be a doctor. It illuminates the complex and intimidating world of medicine for readers, and in the end offers a clear plan to save American healthcare.

ASHP's Safety and Quality Pearls 2

ASHP's Safety and Quality Pearls 2
Author: Deb Saine
Publisher: ASHP
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2009
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1585282170

ASHP s Safety and Quality Pearls is one of the most popular sessions at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, and the 2007 and 2008 sessions were no different. Now with in its second volume, ASHP s Safety and Quality Pearls 2 pulls together 17 of the original presentations offered at these sessions. "

Advances in Patient Safety

Advances in Patient Safety
Author: Kerm Henriksen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2005
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

v. 1. Research findings -- v. 2. Concepts and methodology -- v. 3. Implementation issues -- v. 4. Programs, tools and products.

ASHP's Safety and Quality Pearls

ASHP's Safety and Quality Pearls
Author: Melodi J. McNeil
Publisher: ASHP
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1585281972

Capturing the creative spirit and real-world content of the live Pearls sessions, this collection outlines several examples of innovative approaches to improve patient safety and quality.

Therapeutic Communication

Therapeutic Communication
Author: Jurgen Ruesch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1961
Genre: Communication
ISBN:

This volume deals with universal processes of therapeutic communication, a term which covers whatever exchange goes on between people who have a therapeutic intent, with an emphasis upon the empirical observation of the communicative process. -- Preface.

Huppert's Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine

Huppert's Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine
Author: Laura Huppert
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2021-05-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1260470083

Bridge the gap between pathophysiology and clinical medicine in a succinct outline of core internal medicine topics! Originally created and road-tested by a resident and then updated by a team of resident authors, Huppert’s Notes succinctly organizes the foundational science covered early in medical school and the clinical approaches encountered in clerkships and beyond. This marriage of pathophysiology and clinical medicine provides a framework for how to approach internal medicine concepts mechanistically, rather than through memorization. You’ll find concise descriptions of common medical conditions with diagnostic and management pearls, as well as high-yield diagrams and tables to emphasize key concepts. Covering all internal medicine subspecialties, each Huppert’s Notes chapter is organized in an intuitive and consistent outline format for rapid access: Anatomy & Physiology Diagnostics Approaches & Chief Complaints Diseases & Pathophysiology Key Medications & Interventions Key Clinical Trials & Publications Space for your personal notes

Fuhrman & Zimmerman's Pediatric Critical Care E-Book

Fuhrman & Zimmerman's Pediatric Critical Care E-Book
Author: Jerry J. Zimmerman
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 2653
Release: 2021-02-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323672701

In the highly specialized field of caring for children in the PICU, Fuhrman and Zimmerman's Pediatric Critical Care is the definitive reference for all members of the pediatric intensive care team. Drs. Jerry J. Zimmerman and Alexandre T. Rotta, along with an expert team of editors and contributors from around the world, have carefully updated the 6th Edition of this highly regarded text to bring you the most authoritative and useful information on today's pediatric critical care—everything from basic science to clinical applications. - Contains highly readable, concise chapters with hundreds of useful photos, diagrams, algorithms, and clinical pearls. - Uses a clear, logical, organ-system approach that allows you to focus on the development, function, and treatment of a wide range of disease entities. - Features more international authors and expanded coverage of global topics including pandemics, sepsis treatment in underserved communities, specific global health concerns by region. - Covers current trends in sepsis-related mortality and acute care after sepsis, as well as new device applications for pediatric patients. - Provides ultrasound videos and more than 500 board-style review questions and answers on Expert Consult. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Mistreated

Mistreated
Author: Robert Pearl
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1610397665

The biggest problem in American health care is us Do you know how to tell good health care from bad health care? Guess again. As patients, we wrongly assume the "best" care is dependent mainly on the newest medications, the most complex treatments, and the smartest doctors. But Americans look for health-care solutions in the wrong places. For example, hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved each year if doctors reduced common errors and maximized preventive medicine. For Dr. Robert Pearl, these kinds of mistakes are a matter of professional importance, but also personal significance: he lost his own father due in part to poor communication and treatment planning by doctors. And consumers make costly mistakes too: we demand modern information technology from our banks, airlines, and retailers, but we passively accept last century's technology in our health care. Solving the challenges of health care starts with understanding these problems. Mistreated explains why subconscious misperceptions are so common in medicine, and shows how modifying the structure, technology, financing, and leadership of American health care could radically improve quality outcomes. This important book proves we can overcome our fears and faulty assumptions, and provides a roadmap for a better, healthier future.