Key Safety Issues, 1999
Author : Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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Page : 1 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Transportation
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Author : Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Publisher :
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Transportation
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Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309068371
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
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Publisher :
Page : 1228 pages
File Size : 40,8 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Energy development
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
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Page : 2006 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
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Author : Denver Wildlife Research Center
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 39,66 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Wildlife research
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Author : Wisconsin. Department of Transportation
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Traffic accidents
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher :
Page : 1406 pages
File Size : 42,39 MB
Release : 1998
Category : United States
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Author : Ian T. Cameron
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 13,39 MB
Release : 2005-06-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080455107
Process Systems Risk Management provides complete coverage of risk management concepts and applications for safe design and operation of industrial and other process facilities. The whole life cycle of the process or product is taken into account, from its conception to decommissioning. The breadth of human factors in risk management is also treated, ranging from personnel and public safety to environmental impact and business interruption. This unique approach to process risk management is firmly grounded in systems engineering. Numerous examples are used to illustrate important concepts –drawn from almost 40 years authors' experience in risk analysis, assessment and management, with applications in both on- and off-shore operations. This book is essential reading on the relevant techniques to tackle risk management activities for small-, medium- and large-scale operations in the process industries. It is aimed at informing a wide audience of industrial risk management practitioners, including plant managers, engineers, health professionals, town planners, and administrators of regulatory agencies. - A computational perspective on the risk management of chemical processes - A multifaceted approach that includes the technical, social, human and management factors - Includes numerous examples and illustrations from real life incidents
Author : National Wildlife Research Center (U.S.)
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 16,25 MB
Release : 2000
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Page : 476 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Education
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