Systems Approach in Healthcare. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Systems Approach in Healthcare. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Special or Theme Issue
 
• Published October 2018

Systems Approach in Healthcare.

Dean J, Clarkson J, eds. Future Hosp J. 2018;5:145-187.

The systems approach has long been heralded as a key element to safe patient care. Articles in this special issue explore techniques to engage clinicians and leadership in supporting a systems engineering philosophy to optimize safety improvement efforts.

Table of contentsIntroduction

Related Resources

MEETING/CONFERENCE › FLORIDA MEETING/CONFERENCE

SEIPS Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety.

University of Florida Center for Simulation, Education, and Safety Research, April 1–5, 2019; The River Club, Jacksonville, FL.

MEETING/CONFERENCE › MARYLAND MEETING/CONFERENCE

Patient Safety Certificate Program.

Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. October 29-November 2, 2018; Constellation Energy Building, Baltimore, MD.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › COMMENTARY

The systems approach at the sharp end.

Cross SRH. Future Hosp J. 2018;5:176-180.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Differences in strength expression on product labels of compounders and conventional manufacturers may lead to dosing errors.

Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; September 29, 2018.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Assessing information sources to elucidate diagnostic process errors in radiologic imaging—a human factors framework.

Cochon L, Lacson R, Wang A, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25:1507-1515.

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