Safe patients, smart hospitals : how one doctor's checklist can help us change health care from the inside out
Title:
Safe patients, smart hospitals : how one doctor's checklist can help us change health care from the inside out
Author:
Pronovost, Peter J.
Vohr, Eric
ISBN:
9781594630644
Publication Information:
New York [etc.] : Hudson Street Press, 2010
Physical Description:
xxii, 282 p. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index
Abstract:
While Americans spend more on health care than any other country in the western world, our hospitals and clinics kill more patients. Patient safety expert Dr. Peter Pronovost is working to remedy that, by changing the way hospitals and doctors function day to day. In fact, his ideas are already saving people. By introducing a five-step checklist that standardizes a common ICU procedure, Dr. Pronovost has decreased the rate of infection--and as a result, unnecessary deaths--across the country by 90 percent. In this book, Dr. Pronovost makes reform relatable, easy to understand, and inspiring.--From publisher description.
Subject Term:
Subject:
| Pronovost, Peter J. |
| Medical errors -- Prevention |
| Hospitals -- Safety measures |
| Lists |
| Quality Assurance, Health Care -- methods -- United States -- Personal Narratives |
| Hospital Administration -- methods -- United States -- Personal Narratives |
| Medical Errors -- prevention & control -- United States -- Personal Narratives |
| Safety Management -- methods -- United States -- Personal Narratives |
Summary:
While Americans spend more on health care than any other country in the western world, our hospitals and clinics kill more patients. Patient safety expert Dr. Peter Pronovost is working to remedy that, by changing the way hospitals and doctors function day to day. In fact, his ideas are already saving people. By introducing a five-step checklist that standardizes a common ICU procedure, Dr. Pronovost has decreased the rate of infection--and as a result, unnecessary deaths--across the country by 90 percent. In this book, Dr. Pronovost makes reform relatable, easy to understand, and inspiring.--From publisher description.