Patient Identification: The Foundation for a Culture of Patient Safety

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-79

  Parisi, Lenard L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient identification; Patient safety; Performance improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; SAFETY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW YORK CITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037271882     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200301000-00010     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, "Revisions to Joint Commission Standards in Support of Patient Safety and Medical/Health Error Reduction." Accessed February 26, 2001.
2. JCAHOnline, "Joint Commission Announces 2003 National Patient Safety Goals," (August 2002). Accessed July 22, 2002.
3. L.L. Parisi, "Quality Improvement Teams3 and Teamwork," in Improving Quality: A Guide to Effective Programs, ed. C. Gavin-Meisenheimer (Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1997), 227-235.
4. L.L. Parisi, "Planning Your First Quality Improvement Team Meeting," Nursing Quality Connection 4, no. 6 (1995): 6.
5. L.L. Parisi, "Selecting Quality Improvement Team Members," Nursing Quality Connection 4, no. 5 (1995): 3.