Macroergonomics and patient safety: The impact of levels on theory, measurement, analysis and intervention in patient safety research

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 674-681

  Karsh, Ben Tzion ^a   Brown, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Levels of analysis; Macroergonomics; Medical error; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; NURSING;

ADVERSE EVENTS; ERROR REPORTING SYSTEMS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; LEVELS OF ANALYSIS; MACRO-ERGONOMICS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; TRAINING METHODS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952836376     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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