The Human Factors Analysis Classification System (HFACS) Applied to Health Care

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-190

  Diller, Thomas W ^a,b,c   Helmrich, George ^a   Dunning, Sharon ^a   Cox, Stephanie ^a   Buchanan, April ^a,c   Shappell, Scott ^b,d  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GREENVILLE   (United States)

^d EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HFACS; human factors; medical error; root cause analysis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CAUSALITY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899992825     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613491623     Document Type: Article

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