Health Services Research - Special Issue on Health Care Reliability

August 2006 - Vol. 41 Issue 4p2 Page 1535-1720

Foreword to: Keeping our Promises: Research, Practice, and Policy Issues in Health Care Reliability. A Special Issue of Health Services Research
James L. Reinertsen, Carolyn Clancy

Organizational Silence and Hidden Threats to Patient Safety
Kerm Henriksen, Elizabeth Dayton

Sensemaking of Patient Safety Risks and Hazards
James B. Battles, Nancy M. Dixon, Robert J. Borotkanics, Barbara Rabin-Fastmen, Harold S. Kaplan

Teamwork as an Essential Component of High-Reliability Organizations
David P. Baker, Rachel Day, Eduardo Salas

Creating High Reliability in Health Care Organizations
Peter J. Pronovost, Sean M. Berenholtz, Christine A. Goeschel, Dale M. Needham, J. Bryan Sexton, David A. Thompson, Lisa H. Lubomski, Jill A. Marsteller, Martin A. Makary, Elizabeth Hunt

Struggling to Invent High-Reliability Organizations in Health Care Settings: Insights from the Field
Nancy M. Dixon, Marjorie Shofer

Enhancing Patient Safety through Organizational Learning: Are Patient Safety Indicators a Step in the Right Direction?
Peter E. Rivard, Amy K. Rosen, John S. Carroll

Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: Contributions of High-Reliability Theory and Normal Accident Theory
Michal Tamuz, Michael I. Harrison

Making Noncatastrophic Health Care Processes Reliable: Learning to Walk before Running in Creating High-Reliability Organizations
Roger K. Resar

Fair and Just Culture, Team Behavior, and Leadership Engagement: The Tools to Achieve High Reliability
Allan S. Frankel, Michael W. Leonard, Charles R. Denham

Achieving a High-Performance Health System: High Reliability Organizations within a Broader Agenda
Anne K. Gauthier, Karen Davis, Stephen C. Schoenbaum