Human Reliability and Error in Medical System.

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Human reliability and error have become a very important issue in health care, owing to the vast number of associated deaths each year. For example, according to the findings of the Institute of Medicine in 1999, around 100000 Americans die each year because of human error. This makes human error in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dhillon, B. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2003.
Colección:Series on industrial and systems engineering.
Temas:
Biomedical engineering.
Human engineering.
Reliability (Engineering)
Engineering.
Psychology, Applied.
National health services.
Medical care.
Public health.
Reproducible research.
Engineering
Epidemiologic Research Design
Psychology, Applied
Health Services
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
Epidemiologic Methods
Investigative Techniques
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Psychiatry and Psychology
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Quality of Health Care
Delivery of Health Care
Public Health
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Environment and Public Health
Reproducibility of Results
Ergonomics
Medical Errors
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Technology
State Medicine
Patient Care
Génie biomédical.
Ergonomie.
Fiabilité.
Ingénierie.
Psychologie appliquée.
Services de santé.
Prestation de soins.
Santé publique.
Soins médicaux.
Reproductibilité (Sciences)
biomedical engineering.
ergonomics.
engineering.
public health.
Public health
National health services
Medical care
Biomedical engineering
Human engineering
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Human reliability and error have become a very important issue in health care, owing to the vast number of associated deaths each year. For example, according to the findings of the Institute of Medicine in 1999, around 100000 Americans die each year because of human error. This makes human error in health care the eighth leading cause of deaths in the US. Moreover, the total annual national cost of the medical errors is estimated at between 17 billion and 37.6 billion. There are very few books on this subject, and none of them covers it at a significant depth. The need for a book presenting t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789812795236
9812795235
1281935654
9781281935656
9786611935658
6611935657

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