Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach to Patient Safety for Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Rivera, A Joy ^a   Karsh, Ben Tzion ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Human factors engineering; Medical error; Patient safety; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MEDICAL COMPUTING; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

HUMAN FACTORS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FEEDBACK; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MENTAL PROCESSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; SYSTEMS THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41749112463     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.088     Document Type: Article

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