Assessing patient safety risk before the injury occurs: An introduction to sociotechnical probabilistic risk modelling in health care

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Marx, D A ^a   Slonim, A D ^b  

^a Outcome Engineering LLC   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EQUIPMENT; ERROR; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MODEL; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SOCIOTECHNICAL PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346325831     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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