Improving patient safety in hospitals: contributions of high-reliability theory and normal accident theory.

Michal Tamuz; Michael I. Harrison

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Improving patient safety in hospitals: contributions of high-reliability theory and normal accident theory.

September 28, 2010

Tamuz M, Harrison MI. Health Serv Res. 2006;41(4 Pt 2):1654-76.

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The authors apply normal accident theory and high-reliability theory to several patient safety improvement strategies (eg, crew resource management) and assess how the theories contribute to these popular patient safety practices.

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