Problems and paradoxes of reliability and resilience in organizational networks.

Paul R Schulman

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Problems and paradoxes of reliability and resilience in organizational networks.

September 20, 2023

Schulman PR. Safety Sci. 2023;167:106279.

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Organizational resilience and high reliability principles take a proactive approach to ensuring patient safety. Using a safety science perspective, this article highlights key features of organizational and network reliability and resilience and the challenges in applying these features to complex systems.

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