Are hospitals becoming high reliability organizations?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 713-718

  Bagnara, Sebastiano ^a   Parlangeli, Oronzo ^b   Tartaglia, Riccardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Region of Tuscany   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic systems; High reliability organizations; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; RELIABILITY;

ADVERSE EVENTS; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL BARRIERS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77952887463     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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