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, 2^ndedition,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 4 - Teamwork and communication 

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. 1^stedition 2003, 2^ndedition 2008, 3^rdedition 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, 2^nd edition, is an invaluable text for all physicians, healthcare workers, policymakers, and residents who are working towards a more equitable and effective healthcare system.