Chapter 5 - Transitions of Care and Communications
Chapter 6 - Graduate medical education and patient safety
Chapter 7 – Information Technology and patient safety
Chapter 8–Clinical ethics and patient safety
Chapter 9 – Health Equity: A key aspect of patient safety
Chapter 10 – High Reliability
Section III: Examples
Chapter 11 -Medication error
Chapter 12 - Medication reconciliation error
Chapter 13 - Retained surgical items
Chapter 14 - Wrong-site surgery
Chapter 15 - Transfusion-related hazards
Chapter 16 - Hospital-acquired infections
Chapter 17–Hospital falls
Chapter 18- Pressure ulcers
Chapter 19 - Diagnostic error
Section IV: Special considerations
Chapter 20–Patient safety in pediatrics
Chapter 21 - Patient safety in radiology
Chapter 22- Patient safety in anesthesia
Chapter 23 - Patient safety in behavioral health
Chapter 24–Patient safety in outpatient care
Chapter 25 - Patient safety in critical care
Chapter 26: Patient safety in long-term care and nursing homes
Chapter 27: Patient safety in emergency department
Section V: Organizational issues
Chapter 28–Error disclosure
Chapter 29–The culture of safety
Chapter 30 - Second victim
Dr. Abha Agrawal is an alumna of Yale University, a former faculty at Harvard Medical School, a Fulbright Scholar, author of several books on patient safety and health information technology, and an international leader in healthcare and health technology. She is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics.
Dr. Abha Agrawal has served in numerous leadership roles in the US and she is currently appointed as the Chief Medical Officer at Humboldt Park Health in Chicago, IL. She served as Chief Medical Officer at New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation – Kings County Hospital, a 700-bed academic teaching center in NY.
She is the founder of A4 CLINICS (www.a4clinics.com), a positive social impact venture to launch a chain of clinics with the aim to reduce the burden of unnecessary disability in India through advanced robotic and technology enabled rehabilitation made affordable to an average citizen. It was recognized at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017, inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Modi and Advisor to the US President, Ivanka Trump, held in Hyderabad, India.
Some selected board / leadership roles include:
Board of Directors, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board of Trustees, American College of Medical Quality
Founding Member and Board of Directors, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE – MP chapter)
Board of Governors, The Institute of Medicine, Chicago
President of the Board, Chicago Physicians for Social Responsibility
Member, National Medical Informatics Committee, American College of Physicians
National Medical Leadership Committee, America’s Essential Hospitals
Member, Governor’s Council, the American College of Physicians, Illinois Chapter
Commissioner, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
Her books include:
EndNote 1-2-3: Reference Management for the Professional (Author), published by Springer. 1st edition 2003, 2nd edition 2008, 3rd edition 2019. 4th edition underway.
“Patient Safety: A Case-based Comprehensive Guide” (Editor), published by Springer and released in October 2013. Second edition underway.
“Health IT and Patient Safety: A Clinical Case Series” (Editor), published by Springer and released in September 2016.
She was teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School, Northwestern University and State University of New York in Brooklyn. She received her post-graduation in Medicine at the State University of New York and a fellowship in Medical Informatics at Yale School of Medicine. She obtained her M.B.B.S. degree from SN Medical College, Agra, India and was a gold medalist in all professional exams.
This book aims to serve as a playbook and a guide for the creation of a safer healthcare system in the contemporary healthcare ecosystem. It meets this goal through examinations of clinical case studies that illustrate core principles of patient safety, coverage of a broad range of medical errors including medication errors, and solutions to reducing medical errors that are widely applicable in many settings.
Throughout the book, the chapters offer viewpoints from healthcare leaders, accomplished practitioners, and experts in patient safety. In addition to highlighting important concepts in patient safety, the book also provides a vision of patient safety in the subsequent decade. Furthermore, it will describe what changes need to “fall into place” between now and the next 10-15 years to have that future realized. The book presents and analyzes a number of cases to illustrate the most common types of medical errors and to help readers learn the key clinical, organizational, and systems issues in patient safety.
Patient Safety, 2nd edition, is an invaluable text for all physicians, healthcare workers, policymakers, and residents who are working towards a more equitable and effective healthcare system.