Medical error and human factors engineering: where are we now?

Valerie J. Gawron; Colin G. Drury; Rollin J. Fairbanks; Roseanne C. Berger

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Medical error and human factors engineering: where are we now?

January 25, 2006

Gawron VJ, Drury CG, Fairbanks RJ, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21(1):57-67.

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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.

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