A review of medical error reporting system design considerations and a proposed cross-level systems research framework.

Richard J Holden; Ben-Tzion Karsh

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A review of medical error reporting system design considerations and a proposed cross-level systems research framework.

April 4, 2007

Holden RJ, Karsh B-T. Hum Factors. 2007;49(2):257-76.

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The authors review the literature on medical error reporting systems and propose a model for understanding this research and applying it to system design.

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