Educational Resources
Books
Dekker, Sidney:
The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error
Ashgate Publishing, Burlington VT
Institute of Medicine:
To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System
National Academy Press, Washington DC
Reason, James:
Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents
Ashgate Publishing, Burlington VT
Reason, James:
Human Error
Cambridge University Press, New York
Wheeler, Donald:
Understanding Variation: the key to managing chaos
SPC press
Langely GJ, Moen R, Nolan KM, Nolan TW, Norman CL, Provost LP:
The Improvement Guide: a practical approach to enhancing organizational performance
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
Weick, K and Sutcliffe, K:
Managing the Unexpected
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
Nance, John:
Why Hospitals Should Fly
Second River Healthcare Press, Bozeman MT
Christensen, Clayton:
The Innovator’s Prescription: a disruptive solution for health care
McGraw-Hill, New York
Michelli, Joseph:
Prescription for Excellence
McGraw-Hill, New York
Articles
Pratap JN, Varughese AM, Kurth CD, Adler E:
Getting started with the model for improvement: introduction and understanding variation.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2012, Dec;73(12):701-5
Pratap JN, Varughese AM, Adler E, Kurth CD:
Getting started with the model for improvement: the model in practice.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2013 Jan;74(1):42-6
Pratap JN, Varughese AM, Adler E, Kurth CD:
Getting started with the model for improvement: psychology and leadership in quality improvement.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2013 Feb;74(2):104-8
Hudson DW, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ, Gianci SJ, Pate ZT, Wahr J, Heitmiller ES, Thompson DA, Martinez EA, Marsteller JA, Gurses AP, Lubomski LH, Goeschel CA, Pham JC:
Toward improving patient safety through voluntary peer-to-peer assessment.
Am J Med Qual. 2012 May-Jun;27(3):201-9
