Reliability Technology, Human Error, and Quality in Health Care

ISBN-13: 9780367387754 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 216 str.

B. S. Dhillon

Opis

A compilation of data from a wide variety of sources, this book eliminates the need to pick through journal articles, online databases, and conference proceedings to obtain information. The authors discuss medical device maintenance, human error reporting systems and models for predicting human reliability and error, patient safety, quality methods, and steps for improving quality in healthcare. Highlights include a chapter on mathematical concepts and another chapter containing introductory material on reliability technology, human error, and quality considered essential to understanding materials presented in subsequent chapters. The book contains examples, their solutions, and end-of-chapter problems.

Spis treści

Introduction. Basic Mathematical Concepts. Introduction to Reliability Technology, Human Error, and Quality. Medical Device Safety and Quality Assurance. Medical Device Software Quality Assurance and Risk Assessment. Medical Device Maintenance and Sources for Obtaining Medical Device-Related Failure Data. Human Error in Health Care. Healthcare Human Error Reporting Systems and Models for Predicting Human Reliability and Error in Healthcare. Patient Safety. Introduction to Quality in Healthcare. Quality Methods for Use in Healthcare. APPENDIX: Bibliography: Literature on Reliability Technology, Human Error, and Quality in Healthcare.  

O autorze

Dhillon, B.S.