• Book/Report
  • Published November 2017

Understanding Patient Safety, Third Edition.

  • Classic

Wachter RM, Gupta K. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2017. ISBN: 9781259860249.

The third edition of this widely read textbook, written by national leaders in patient safety, provides an in-depth introduction to the field. The new edition uses case studies to discuss the history of the patient safety movement, the epidemiology of safety hazards, specific error types, and strategies to improve safety in clinical microenvironments and at the organizational level. Substantial new content has been added to highlight emerging areas of the field, such as safety culture, policy and regulatory initiatives to improve safety, and diagnostic errors.

Information

Related Resources

Meeting/Conference › Canada Meeting/Conference

Canadian Patient Safety Officer Course.

Canadian Patient Safety Institute. June 3-6, 2019; The Westin, Ottawa, ON.

Press Release/Announcement

FDA identifies harm reported from sudden discontinuation of opioid pain medicines and requires label changes to guide prescribers on gradual, individualized tapering.

Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; April 9, 2019.

Book/Report

Learning From Invited Reviews.

London, UK: Royal College of Surgeons of England; 2019.

Journal Article › Study

Minimizing Opioid Prescribing in Surgery (MOPiS) initiative: an analysis of implementation barriers.

Coughlin JM, Shallcross ML, Schäfer WLA, et al. J Surg Res. 2019;239:309-319.

Journal Article › Study

Is physician mentorship associated with the occurrence of adverse patient safety events?

Harrison R, Sharma A, Lawton R, Stewart K. J Patient Saf. 2019 Mar 13; [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article › Commentary

Saving without compromising: teaching trainees to safely provide high value care.

Judson TJ, Press MJ, Detsky AS. Healthc (Amst.). 2019;7:4-6.

Journal Article › Study

The impact of patient–physician alliance on trust following an adverse event.

Shoemaker K, Smith CP. Patient Educ Couns. 2019 Feb 22; [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article › Commentary

Teaching patient safety in global health: lessons from the Duke Global Health Patient Safety Fellowship.

Johnston BE, Lou-Meda R, Mendez S, et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2019;4:e001220.

Journal Article › Commentary

The path to diagnostic excellence includes feedback to calibrate how clinicians think.

Meyer AND, Singh H. JAMA. 2019;321:737-738.

Journal Article › Study

Are more experienced clinicians better able to tolerate uncertainty and manage risks? A vignette study of doctors in three NHS emergency departments in England.

Lawton R, Robinson O, Harrison R, Mason S, Conner M, Wilson B. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;28:382-388.

Perspectives on Safety

Building Systems Citizenship in Health Professions Education: The Continued Call for Health Systems Science Curricula

Jed D. Gonzalo, MD, MSc, and Mamta K. Singh, MD, MSc

Journal Article › Study

Assessment of a simulated case-based measurement of physician diagnostic performance.

Chatterjee S, Desai S, Manesh R, Junfeng S, Nundy S, Wright SM. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2:e187006.

Journal Article › Study

The association between organizational culture and the ability to benefit from "just culture" training.

David DS. J Patient Saf. 2019;15:e1-e7.

Special or Theme Issue

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.

Shah RK, ed. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2019;52:1-194.

Journal Article › Study

Assessment of opioid prescribing practices before and after implementation of a health system intervention to reduce opioid overprescribing.

Meisenberg BR, Grover J, Campbell C, Korpon D. JAMA Network Open. 2018;1:e182908.

Journal Article › Review

Developing and evaluating clinical leadership interventions for frontline healthcare providers: a review of the literature.

Mianda S, Voce A. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018;18:747.

Special or Theme Issue

Quality, Value, and Patient Safety in Orthopedic Surgery.

Azar FM, ed. Orthop Clin North Am. 2018;49:A1-A8,389-552.

Journal Article › Commentary

A health system–wide initiative to decrease opioid-related morbidity and mortality.

Weiner SG, Price CN, Atalay AJ, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2019;45:3-13.

Journal Article › Commentary

Improving diagnosis by improving education: a policy brief on education in healthcare professions.

Graber ML, Rencic J, Rusz D, et al. Diagnosis (Berl). 2018;5:107-118.

Journal Article › Commentary

The STEP-up programme: engaging all staff in patient safety.

Hamblin-Brown DJ, Ingram J. J Patient Saf Risk Manag. 2018;23:221–226.

Journal Article › Study

Impact of high-reliability education on adverse event reporting by registered nurses.

McFarland DM, Doucette JN. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018;33:285-290.

Journal Article › Study

Statewide collaborative to reduce surgical site infections: results of the Hawaii Surgical Unit-Based Safety Program.

Lin DM, Carson KA, Lubomski LH, Wick EC, Pham JC. J Am Coll Surg. 2018;227:189-197.

Journal Article › Study

Safety II behavior in a pediatric intensive care unit.

Merandi J, Vannatta K, Davis JT, McClead RE Jr, Brilli R, Bartman T. Pediatrics. 2018;141:e20180018.

Press Release/Announcement

Institute for Safe Medication Practices International Mentorship Program.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

Legislation/Regulation › Organizational Policy/Guidelines

Hidden curricula, ethics, and professionalism: clinical learning environments in becoming and being a physician: a position paper of the American College of Physicians.

Lehmann LS, Sulmasy LSS, Desai S; ACP Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168:506-508.

View More
Back to Top