Using Human Factor Engineering to Improve Patient Safety (PDF book)

Editor: John W. Gosbee, M.D., M.S.
Contributing Editor: Laura Lin Gosbee, MA.Sc.

2005. 144 pages. PDF book. ISBN: 0-86688-912-4
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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.

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OEBPSHF01

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