Includes bibliographical references and index.; Patient safety : crossing the chasm from legal and regulatory compliance -- Patient safety laws and regulations -- Medical error reduction initiatives among accreditation and standard setting organizations -- Failure modes and effective analysis : the risks and the rewards in healthcare -- Medical error reduction : voluntary and regulatory oversight -- Benchmarking : evidence based outcome information and standards of care -- Creation and preservation of reports, data, and device evidence in medical error situations -- Claims management risks in patient safety events -- Full disclosure -- Patient safety in human research -- Medical errors reporting : maintaining confidentiality in the face of litigation -- Managing patient safety compliance with health professionals -- Planning for the future.;