Using Human Factors to Improve Patient Safety
Editors: John Gosbee & Laura Lin Gosbee
Publisher: Joint Commission Resources*
$67.50 (U.S. Dollars)
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Description (from publisher website):
This book describes how to use Human Factors Engineering (HFE)
tools and principles to curb preventable errors and minimize patient
harm. It includes a comprehensive HFE overview for persons new to
this topic area and suggests resources for systemwide staff
education. This book features nine case-study examples from the
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety’s groundbreaking
2004 HFE series. This book provides recommendations on what
actions hospitals, ambulatory care organizations, behavioral health
care organizations, home care organizations, hospitals, and long term
care organizations can take to address problems in systems and
design. Foreword by Jeffrey B. Cooper, Ph.D., Partners Healthcare
System, Inc., and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
This book describes how to use Human Factors Engineering (HFE)
tools and principles to curb preventable errors and minimize patient
harm. It includes a comprehensive HFE overview for persons new to
this topic area and suggests resources for systemwide staff
education. This book features nine case-study examples from the
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety’s groundbreaking
2004 HFE series. This book provides recommendations on what
actions hospitals, ambulatory care organizations, behavioral health
care organizations, home care organizations, hospitals, and long term
care organizations can take to address problems in systems and
design. Foreword by Jeffrey B. Cooper, Ph.D., Partners Healthcare
System, Inc., and Harvard Medical School, Boston.