Healthcare Quarterly
Special edition on Patient Safety | Fall 2005 | Dr. Ross Baker, editor
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Table of Contents

1.                    Building from the Blueprint for Patient Safety at the Hospital for Sick Children

2.                    Developing a Comprehensive Patient Safety Strategy for an Integrated Canadian Healthcare Region

3.                    Drug-Therapy Problems, Inconsistencies and Omissions Identified During a Medication Reconciliation and Seamless Care Services

4.                    Enhancing Patient Safety Through a Standardized Model of Physiologic Monitoring

5.                    From Inquest to Insights: System Changes to Advance Patient Safety

6.                    How Quality Projects Influence Organizational Culture

7.                    Implementing a Policy for Practitioners Infected with Blood Borne Pathogens

8.                    Le Groupe Vigilance pour la sécurité des soins: A Québec Perspective

9.                    Legal Issues in Patient Safety: The example of Nosocomial Infections

10.                Patient Safety – Worker Safety: Building a Culture of Safety to Improve Healthcare Worker and Patient Well-Being

11.                Patient Safety Culture measurement and improvement: A 'how to' guide.

12.                Striking a Balance: Who Is Accountable for Patient Safety?

13.                The Development of the Canadian Paediatric Trigger Tool for Identifying Potential Adverse Events

14.                The Human Factor: Unexpected Benefits of a CPOE and Electronic Medication Management implementation at the University Health Network

15.                Trillium Health Centre’s Journey to Disclosure

16.                Approaches to Improving the Safety of the Medication Use System

17.                Changing a Culture With Patient Safety Walk Arounds

18.                Inappropriate Prescribing Practices: The Challenge and Opportunity for Patient Safety

19.                Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle

20.                Safer Care - Measuring to Manage & Improve

21.                Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Tool to Review the Process of Ordering and Administrating Potassium Chloride and Potassium Phosphate

22.                Identifying and Preventing Technology-induced Error Using Simulations: Application of Usability Engineering Techniques



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