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Sociotechnical systems approach to healthcare quality and patient safety

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Carayon, Pascale

Affiliations: Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement and Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison WI 53706, USA

Keywords: sociotechnical systems, macroergonomics, health care, patient safety, SEIPS model

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0091-3850

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 3850-3854, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

The SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety) model of work system and patient safety is described and selected research and practical applications are presented.

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