A human factors and reliability approach to clinical risk management: Evidence from Italian cases

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 625-639

  Verbano, Chiara ^a   Turra, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical risk management; Healthcare management; Human factors theory; Human Reliability Analysis; Patient safety; Socio technical systems

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RISKS; HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN FACTORS; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; ERRORS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY THEORY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; ITALY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950526585     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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