Praise for the prior edition: ? The content exceeds the reader's expectations and the text is a worthy reference in a climate of growing national attention. Its scope constitutes mandatory reading for executive and middle managers, as well as quality assurance and risk management professionals and physician leaders. The distinguished contributors bring unsurpassed expertise from a variety of sources, both inside and outside of health care.This publication provides not only a theoretical framework to gain an understanding of the nature of error, but also outlines useful, practical, proven strategies for beginning a patient safety initiative in any health care organization. This is one of the first comprehensive references available since the subject has gained national attention. Doodys Publishing, five-star review. ? Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety, 2nd Edition, by Patrice Spath (editor) is a much needed text for students going into health care administration, health information technology, nursing, and other areas. It explains, step by step, how to implement Institute of Medicine guidelines to reduce the frequency of errors in health care services and mitigate the impact of those errors that do occur. Readers will learn the fundamental concepts and tools of error reduction, and how to design an effective error reduction initiative.