Work system design for patient safety: the SEIPS model.

P. Carayon; A. Schoofs Hundt; B-T Karsh; A P Gurses; C J Alvarado; M. Smith; P. Flatley Brennan

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Work system design for patient safety: the SEIPS model.

October 12, 2011

Carayon P, Schoofs Hundt A, Karsh B-T, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(suppl 1):i50-i58.

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This commentary compares the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) framework with other systems analysis and design tools, and highlights the value of SEIPS in both research and applied contexts.

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