Patient Safety - An Engineering Approach (Paperback)

With unintended harm during hospital care costing billions of dollars to the world economy, not to mention millions of deaths each year, it's no wonder the issue is equally front and center in the minds of healthcare providers and the public. Although the issue has been tackled in journal articles and conference proceedings, there are very few books on the topic. And none consider how methods and techniques developed in the area of engineering can handle safety and human error-related problems. Until now. Written by an expert with vast know-how in engineering management, design, reliability, safety, and quality, Patient Safety: An Engineering Approach brings together the pertinent information scattered throughout books and journals, eliminating the need to consult many different and diverse sources to find what you need. B.S. Dhillon draws on his real-world experience to demonstrate how to handle patient safety-related problems using engineering techniques and backs this up with references for further reading at the end of each chapter. He sets the stage with introductory chapters on mathematical, patient safety, and human factors concepts essential to understanding materials presented in subsequent chapters. Dhillon's clear, concise discussion of the topics presents the information in such a way that no previous knowledge is required to understand the contents, yet he does not present it at a merely rudimentary level. He brings a fresh approach and engineering perspective to the issues, giving you a new tool kit for performing patient safety-related analysis, designing better medical systems/devices, and handling patient safety-related problems from an engineering perspective.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2012
Authors:	B. S Dhillon
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-11500-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Engineering: general Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Public ownership / nationalization Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Production & quality control management Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Technical design > Ergonomics
LSN:	1-138-11500-2
Barcode:	9781138115002

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