Human Error in Health Care Delivery: Cases, Causes and Correction
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
- Vol. 37 (11) , 846-848
- https://doi.org/10.1177/154193129303701101
Abstract
Health care delivery is viewed as a complex, people-intensive system whose reliability depends on human performance. Examples of the human errors that occur in health care are described, and human factors interventions and remedies that might be taken to improve reliability and safety are suggested.Keywords
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