Human factors and ergonomics and quality improvement science: Integrating approaches for safety in healthcare

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 250-254

  Hignett, Sue ^a   Jones, Emma Leanne ^b   Miller, Duncan ^c   Wolf, Laurie ^d   Modi, Chetna ^e   Shahzad, Muhammad Waseem ^e   Buckle, Peter ^f   Banerjee, Jaydip ^g   Catchpole, Ken ^h  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^g LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTOR AND ERGONOMIC; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE; SCIENCE; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; BIOENGINEERING; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84924974672     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003623     Document Type: Note

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