More holes than cheese. What prevents the delivery of effective, high quality and safe health care in England?

Ergonomics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 5-14

  Hignett, Sue ^a   Lang, Alexandra ^b   Pickup, Laura ^c   Ives, Christine ^a   Fray, Mike ^a   McKeown, Celine ^d   Tapley, Sarah ^e   Woodward, Matthew ^f   Bowie, Paul ^g  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d Manor Park   (United Kingdom)

^e Tapley Ergonomics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

education; ergonomics; healthcare; Human factors; human factors integration; patient safety; systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HIGH QUALITY; HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; STAFF SHORTAGES; WELL BEING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

CHEESE; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; ERGONOMICS; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; SCIENTIST; STAFF; WELLBEING; WORKLOAD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; ERGONOMICS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84992035786     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2016.1245446     Document Type: Article

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