Improving health care safety and quality : reluctant regulators

Improving health care safety and quality : reluctant regulators / Judith Healy.

Responding to the public concern caused by recent hospital scandals and accounts of unintended harm to patients, this author draws on her experience of analyzing the health care systems of over a dozen countries and examines whether greater regulation has increased patient safety and health care qua...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Healy, Judith
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011.
Series:Law, ethics and governance.
Subjects:
Medical care > Law and legislation.
Medical care > Evaluation.
Medical care > Safety measures.
Health facilities > Safety measures.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Medical care > Safety measures
Medical care > Law and legislation
Medical care > Evaluation
Health facilities > Safety measures
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Table of Contents:
  • Why regulate?
  • How safe is health care?
  • Regulatory actors : who governs health care?
  • Regulating the health professions
  • Safety cultures and safety systems
  • Regulating staff : internal management
  • Regulating organizations : external reviews
  • Regulation by enforcement : laws, money, and monitoring
  • Regulation by patients
  • Responsive regulation : trust and transparency.

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