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Recommended Media on Patient Safety
Below is a select list of recommended media on patient safety and health care quality for health care students and professionals. All titles (and many more) are available through UW Libraries.
UW Videos on Patient Safety
A selection of videos on patient safety from the UW Department of Medicine's Grand Rounds series.
Free From Harm: Accelerating Patient Safety to Improve Population Health (Feb 2017)
Review systems-based strategies for improving patient safety in health care settings in this UW Department of Medicine Grand Rounds presentation by Dr. Tejal Gandhi, MD, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Patient Safety Foundation NPSF Lucian Leape Institute, and the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School.
This 40-minute video reviews medical training practices for internists and their effect on health care quality and outcomes. A Department of Medicine Grand Rounds presentation by Dr. Nick Meo, Chief Resident, Quality & Patient Safety, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Films About Patient Safety
Below is a brief selection of DVDs addressing patient safety that are available for check out through UW Libraries. Additional videos on this topic are available for online streaming or by reserve through Summit Libraries.
- Critical condition with Hedrick Smith by Hedrick Smith; Films for the Humanities & SciencesCall Number: Suzzallo and Allen Libraries Media Storage - ask at Circulation desk DVD FFH 204Publication Date: 2003-2004Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith travels the length and breadth of the United States to critically examine the quality, affordability, and availability of healthcare. Case studies of ordinary Americans, supported by thorough medical and academic research, provide a timely checkup for a medical system that more and more say is in need of intensive care.
- Killed by Care: Making Medicine Safe by David T. Suzuki, 1936- host. Daniel Zuckerbrot, director, producer. Erna Buffie, producer. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) Films Media GroupCall Number: UW Bothell: Media - 1st Floor (DVD BOT-3454)Publication Date: 2007Examines the deaths of 12 infants who died in a Winnipeg, Manitoba hospital. Originally produced in 2004 as an episode of the "Nature of Things with David Suzuki."
- Money talks : profits before patient safety by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau; Hummingbird PicturesCall Number: Suzzallo and Allen Libraries Media Storage - ask at Circulation desk DVD HUMMP 001Publication Date: 2006Documentary sheds light on the pharmaceutical industry's tactics and influence. Includes interviews with legal and medical experts.
- Plastic disasters by Home Box Office (HBO)Call Number: Suzzallo and Allen Libraries First Floor Blu-ray & DVDs Documentaries - Shelved by titlePublication Date: 2006Presents three harrowing stories of cosmetic surgery gone wrong. Mona, Tony and Lucille all signed up for what they thought were "routine" procedures. Set against the heroic beginnings of plastic surgery in WWI and insight from doctors, lawyers, and patients, this video tells a disturbing tale of scars that last a lifetime.
- Remaking American medicine : health care for the 21st century by John Hockenberry; Frank Christopher; PBS Home VideoCall Number: Suzzallo & Allen Libraries: First Floor Blu-ray & DVDs Documentaries - Shelved by titlePublication Date: 2006Examines critical health care issues facing America today, including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and the effective management of chronic disease. The program focuses on the advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and features profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change the way health care is provided in the United States.
- To Err is Human by Eisenberg, Michael (Director & Screenwriter)Call Number: UW Bothell/CC Library Media Reserve - 1st floor desk DVD BOT-5186Publication Date: 2019Directed by the son of late patient safety pioneer, Dr. John M. Eisenberg, To Err Is Human is an in-depth documentary about this silent epidemic and those working behind the scenes to create a new age of patient safety. Through interviews with leaders in health care, footage of real-world efforts leading to safer care, and one family's compelling journey from tragedy to empowerment, the film provides a unique and hopeful look at our health care system's ongoing fight against preventable harm.