Sunday, July 29, 2007

Medical Emergency Teams: Implementation and Outcome Measurement


Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: 2005-12-08
Sales Rank: 771860
ISBN / ASIN: 0387279202
EAN: 9780387279206
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
Medical Emergency Teams: A Manual for Preventing Preventable Hospital Deaths addresses the problem of patient safety and quality of care; the logistics of creating a MET (resource allocation, process design, workflow, and training); the implementation of a MET (organizational issues, challenges); and the evaluation of program results. Based on successful MET models that have resulted in reduced in-hospital cardiac arrest and overall hospital death rates, this book is the first practical guide for physicians, hospital administrators, and other healthcare professionals who wish to initiate a MET program within their own institutions.

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