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- #Crossing the quality chasm. national academies press; 2001 full
- #Crossing the quality chasm. national academies press; 2001 series
This newest edition in the groundbreaking Institute of Medicine Quality Chasm series discusses the key aspects of the work environment for nurses and reviews the potential improvements in working conditions that are likely to have an impact on patient safety.Ĭopyright 2004 by the National Academy of Sciences. Problems in management practices, employee deployment, work and workspace design, and the basic safety culture of health care organizations place patients at further risk. Top experts participate in our projects, activities, and studies to examine and assemble evidence-based findings to address some of societys greatest challenges. As patients are increasingly cared for as outpatients, nurses in hospitals and nursing homes deal with greater severity of illness. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are the nations pre-eminent source of high-quality, objective advice on science, engineering, and health matters. health care system.ĭuring the past two decades, substantial changes have been made in the organization and delivery of health care – and consequently in the job description and work environment of nurses. The nature of the activities nurses typically perform – monitoring patients, educating home caretakers, performing treatments, and rescuing patients who are in crisis – provides an indispensable resource in detecting and remedying error-producing defects in the U.S. The seminal 2001 report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, assessed deficiencies in the quality of health care in the United States across six key dimensions of care: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity.
#Crossing the quality chasm. national academies press; 2001 full
Licensed nurses and unlicensed nursing assistants are critical participants in our national effort to protect patients from health care errors. Washington DC: National Academies Press August 2018. The National Academy Press, based in Washington, D.C., presents the full text of a book entitled 'Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century,' authored by the Institute of Medicine and originally published in 2001. Building on the revolutionary Institute of Medicine reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, Keeping Patients Safe lays out guidelines for improving patient safety by changing nurses’ working conditions and demands. The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety.