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Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care
£6.32
2009 ACHE Book of the Year This book is a tour de force, and no one but John Nance could have written it. He, alone, masters in one mind the fields of aviation, health care safety, medical malpractice law, organizational sociology, media communication, and, as if that were not enough, the art of fine writing. Only he could have made sophisticated, scientifically disciplined instruction about the nature and roots of safety into a page-turner. Medical care has a ton yet to learn from the decades of progress that have brought aviation to unprecedented levels of safety, and, in instructing us all about those lessons, John Nance is not just a bridge-builder he is the bridge. This book should be required reading for anyone willing to face the facts about what it will take for health care to be as safe as it truly can be. Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP President and CEO Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
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Additional information
| Publisher | Second River Healthcare, 1st edition (15 Jan. 2008) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10 | 0974386065 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0974386065 |
| Dimensions | 13.97 x 1.52 x 21.59 cm |
by Tatiana
Easy to to use
by Mr J Gardner
Essential reading for all NHS staff.
Never events should never happen if checklists are followed diligently. Attention to detail is always essential.
by Hudster
Detailed book of human factors and patient safety, presented in a fictional story. This is an engaging read and a good piece of reading to reflect on covering many of the key areas of human factors, safety culture and organisational errors.
by Jon Arne
Both educational and entertaining – and most likely relevant for everyone working at the large or the smaller “Elsewhere Hospital”…
by Mairi
Oh my word, what an amazing book. This should be compulsory reading for healthcare professionals. I work in an urban ER in Scotland and the themes described in the book resonate enormously. Although we have very different healthcare systems, we have the same problems and I hope that this book can be an inspiration for us to radically change our systems and ultimately improve patient safety. Thank you so much.
by Martin English
John Nance’s book tells the story of a Fictional US hospital that undergoes a major transformation to become an institute totally focused on safety and quality care. It inspires and challenges. It is written in a easy to read narrative with a backstory of a physician who was a previous CEO who stood down following a fatal error in his hospital who visits to see how safety could be achieved.
As an understating Brit I found some of the story a bit syrupy (hence only 4 stars), but it has important take home messages including: effects of fatigue/hunger/ dehydration on human performance, empowering the whole team, how focused on finance boards can be.
I will recommend this book to two groups colleagues (especially doctors in training, and nurses moving to managerial roles) who want to know about safety and transformation, and colleagues (especially senior doctors and managers) who are becoming focused on financial and performance targets, not quality of care.