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Medical error and human factors engineering: where are we now?
Gawron VJ, Drury CG, Fairbanks RJ, et al. Medical error and human factors engineering: where are we now? Am J Med Qual. 2006;21(1):57-67.
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June 14, 2011
Gawron VJ, Drury CG, Fairbanks RJ, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21(1):57-67.
The authors discuss the nature of medical error and how human factors engineering tools, such as taxonomies, reporting systems, and root cause analysis, have the potential to reduce mistakes.
