The Best Medical Care

Chapter1: Why medical errors are so common- And why we don’t talk about them
Chapter 2: When, why and how things can go wrong –The anatomy of medical errors
Chapter 3: How patient empowerment improves patient safety- Knowledge is power!
Chapter 4: Misdiagnosis as a cause for medical errors – and how to prevent them
Chapter 5: How overdiagnosis and overtreatment can lead to medical errors- and how to protect yourself
Chapter 6: Social media and the internet for reducing medical errors - how the wisdom of the crowds can improve patient safety
Chapte 7: Health literacy is the safety shield against errors - How can you use it?
Chapter 8: Patient advocates- Advocating for safety
Chapter 9: How hospitals can be made safer- How to make sure “never “ events never occur
Chapter 10: Protecting yourself from medical billing errors- The need for vigilance
Chapter 11: Did the doctor make a mistake? Or was it negligence?
Chapter 12: The Science of patient safety – Mistake-proofing medical care
Chapter 13: Designing for safety – Moving from Swiss cheeses to Swiss watches
Chapter 14: How Communication helps to keep patients safe - the importance of teamwork
Chapter 15: How a strong patient-doctor relationship enhances patient safety- working together to prevent errors
Chapter 16: Managing mistakes in medicine – A guide for doctors
Chapter 17: Risk management for doctors – When things go wrong
Chapter 18: Protecting the impaired physician – why we need to break the conspiracy of silence
Chapter 19: The nurse’s role in promoting patient safety - Checking the “five rights”
Chapter 20: Reporting errors so we can learn from them- How to stop good people from making bad mistakes
Chapter 21: Errors in IVF- And how we avoid them
Chapter 22: Developing a culture of safety in hospitals- Humans are not perfect, so improve the system
Chapter 23: The role of a hospital patient safety officer- And how she can help to reduce medical errors
Chapter 24: How can hospital management engage with doctors? Convincing doctors to commit to patient safety
Chapter 25: A simple, low-cost method to prevent errors in hospitals- The whiteboard solution
Chapter 26: Keeping patients safe in India - What policymakers can do
Chapter 27: How medical fraud and corruption harm patients- And why it is rampant in India
Chapter 28: How health insurers can keep patients safe- Creating a financial safety net
Chapter 29: Drug safety: A huge challenge and an even bigger opportunity- How to mitigate the risks
Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical companies as partners in patient safety – Time to learn from the West
Chapter 31: How pharma can leverage technology to make care safer- A wide range of solutions
Chapter 32: Medical device safety- The current state of affairs
Chapter 33: Digital health can make medical care safer- all about EHRs and apps
Chapter 34: How media can bridge the doctor-patient gap- Patient education is the holy grail
Chapter 35: The Patient Safety Alliance - Keeping patients in India safe
Chapter 36: The aftermath: The need for open disclosure to allow healing
Chapter 37: The night I nearly killed my patient—redux
Chapter 38: A new beginning- Challenges and opportunities