Human Factors Engineering: Its Place and Potential in OR Safety

Health care is a technologically driven profession that is rapidly evolving. Technology is thought to improve outcomes, but data show an increase in health care errors, some of which are technology related. The Institute of Medicines 1999 report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, esti...

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Published inAORN journal Vol. 101; no. 5; pp. 571 - 573
Main Author Criscitelli, Theresa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2015
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Ergonomics
Human factors research
Humans
Nursing
Patient Safety
Perianesthesia
Perioperative Nursing
Quality of care
Surgery
Task Performance and Analysis
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Summary:Health care is a technologically driven profession that is rapidly evolving. Technology is thought to improve outcomes, but data show an increase in health care errors, some of which are technology related. The Institute of Medicines 1999 report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, estimated that up to 98,000 people per year die because of health care mistakes.1 In 2013, James2 reported that medical errors resulting in death may exceed 400,000 deaths a yeardmuch higher than previously thought. These statistics have compelled health care workers to rethink their approaches to patient care and the effect technology has on this care, but more work is needed. One way to accomplish needed improvements is to re-evaluate how health care systems function and interact and the effect on patient care.
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ISSN:0001-2092
1878-0369
DOI:10.1016/j.aorn.2015.02.013