The Art of Patient Safety

Veli-Matti Heinijoki, Safety Advisor, Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Veli-Matti has a solid background in the Finnish Air Force. After retirement, he has served as a safety consultant and trainer in high-risk industries for twenty years. For the last ten years, he has been working as a leadership and patient safety consultant and trainer in both public and private health care. His personal key interests are leadership in safety, human behaviour, and safety culture as a part of the organisational culture.
These interests have guided the writing of this book. Petri Pommelin, Licentiate of Science (Technology) Petri has fifteen years experience of safety management in design, production, and use of medical devices. He has given lectures on regulatory requirements for medical devices at Tampere University. For the last fifteen years, he has been a leading patient safety specialist responsible for promoting risk management and safety culture at Tampere University Hospital.