Challenges and opportunities for improving patient safety through human factors and systems engineering. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Challenges and opportunities for improving patient safety through human factors and systems engineering. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published November 2018

Challenges and opportunities for improving patient safety through human factors and systems engineering.

Carayon P, Wooldridge A, Hose BZ, Salwei M, Benneyan J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:1862-1869.

System and process weaknesses can hinder safe patient care. This commentary raises awareness of human factors engineering as a key opportunity for enhancing patient safety. The authors provide recommendations to drive adoption and spread of human factors strategies through targeted education, clinician–engineer partnerships, and coordinated improvement efforts.

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