The human factors of home health care: a conceptual model for examining safety and quality concerns.

Kerm Henriksen; Anjali Joseph; Teresa Zayas-Cabán

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The human factors of home health care: a conceptual model for examining safety and quality concerns.

December 9, 2009

Henriksen K, Joseph A, Zayas-Cabán T. J Patient Saf. 2009;5(4):229-236.

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This article introduces a five-tier conceptual framework recognizing both active and latent human factors issues in home health care delivery. The authors explain how the interdependencies among those elements can help inform policies to support safety for home-based patients.

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