jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2014

AHRQ Patient Safety Network ► The human factor.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



A chilling minute-by-minute dissection of 2009 crash of Air France 447 contains many lessons re: human-IT interface.Vanity Fair. October 2014.

PSNet header image

The human factor.
Langewiesche W. Vanity Fair. October 2014.
This magazine article provides a breakdown of the failures that contributed to an airplane crash, including how increasing automation in piloting airplanes can diminish human performance, the reluctance to speak up due to hierarchy, lack of preparedness in the face of malfunctioning technology, and poor decision-making. Many of these concerns have been raised in relation to health care safety.
Free full text icon indicating hyperlink to external website
Related Resources
AUDIOVISUAL
Eye to eye: Donald Berwick.
"Eye to Eye with Katie Couric." CBS News Video. February 6, 2007.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Hospitals target risks of color wristbands.
Landro L. Wall Street Journal. April 4, 2007:D5. 
AUDIOVISUAL
Stopping deaths from incorrect drug doses.
Stewart A. "The Bryant Park Project." National Public Radio. March 18, 2008.
AUDIOVISUAL
Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.
Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.
View all related resources...

No hay comentarios: