Getting the Board on Board: What Your Board Needs to Know About Quality and Safety, Third Edition. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Getting the Board on Board: What Your Board Needs to Know About Quality and Safety, Third Edition. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published November 2016

Getting the Board on Board: What Your Board Needs to Know About Quality and Safety, Third Edition.

Oak Brook, IL; Joint Commission; 2016. ISBN: 9781599409412.

Engaging hospital leadership in patient safety is imperative to gaining funding for and sustaining the results of improvement work. This publication introduces board members to key concepts in patient safety and quality improvement. The book covers topics such as high reliability and transparency and uses case studies to illustrate the value of interventions.

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