Human factors and simulation in emergency medicine.

Emily M. Hayden; Ambrose H. Wong; Jeremy Ackerman; Margaret K. Sande; Charles Lei; Leo Kobayashi; Michael Cassara; Dylan D. Cooper; Kimberly Perry; William E. Lewandowski; Mark W. Scerbo

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Human factors and simulation in emergency medicine.

March 21, 2018

Hayden EM, Wong AH, Ackerman J, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2018;25(2):221-229.

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Human factors engineering is an approach to improve safety of care processes. This commentary provides an overview of human factors research in health care and barriers to its use. The authors discuss how applying human factors using simulation can improve emergency medicine and spotlight the importance of demonstrating its impact on outcomes.

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