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, 2ndedition,is an invaluable text for all physicians, healthcare workers, policymakers, and residents who are working towards a more equitable and effective healthcare system.

Section I: Introduction

Chapter 1 - Patient safety methodologies

Chapter 2 - Measuring patient safety 

Section II: Concepts    

Chapter 3 - Patient identification

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 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