This blog has so far covered 5 of the 6 themes of human factors and patient safety it set out to explore. These are:
The cognitive foundations of human error
The behavioural foundations of human error
The clinical foundations of human error
The systemic foundations of human error
The foundations of patient safety incident management
Just before we set off on the final phase, why not catch up with our 12 most popular posts so far:
A short history of medical human error
What is the real magnitude of medical error?
3 seminal landmarks in the history of human error
Crucial patient safety lessons from 9 landmark industrial disasters
Cracking the problem of the disruptive physician
The perils of cognitive biases
The perils of diagnostic overconfidence
The behavioural competencies of effective teamwork
The hidden hazards of over-diagnosis
How to avoid litigation from patient safety incidents
The critical importance of diagnostic flexibility
We will next embark on the final phase of our exploration with a review of the foundations of human factors management. The following are the themes we will address in the next few weeks:
The benefits and downsides of guidelines
The benefits, applications, and downsides of checklists
Medication safety
Risk communication
The patient’s role in preventing human error
Speaking up and whistleblowing
The morbidity and mortality conference
Patient safety training
Teamwork training
Organisational learning
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So stay tuned as we start off next week with the benefits of guidelines in preventing human error
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