A Systems Approach to Analyzing and Preventing Hospital Adverse Events

Conclusions The use of a systems-theoretic accident analysis technique can assist in identifying causal factors at all levels of the system without simply assigning blame to either the frontline clinicians or technicians involved. Identification of these causal factors in accidents will help health care systems learn from mistakes and design system-level changes to prevent them in the future.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research