Human factors–focused reporting system for improving care quality and safety in hospital wards.

Ido Morag; Daniel Gopher; Avishag Spillinger; Yael Auerbach-Shpak; Neri Laufer; Yuval Lavy; Ariel Milwidsky; Rivka-Rita Feigin; Shimon Pollack; Itay Maza; Zaher S Azzam; Hanna Admi; Michael Soudry

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Human factors–focused reporting system for improving care quality and safety in hospital wards.

May 2, 2012

Morag I, Gopher D, Spillinger A, et al. Hum Factors. 2012;54(2):195-213.

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This study reports on the development of an incident reporting system designed according to human factors engineering principles.

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