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Applying principles from engineering, cognitive psychology, and simulation can provide valuable insights to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors in acute care medicine.
This review highlights the importance of adopting systems-based approaches from engineering, aviation, and cognitive psychology to mitigate medical errors and improve patient safety in acute care.
Supports cross-disciplinary safety strategies in acute care; leaves open prospective trials to confirm error reduction.
This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2010 (Springer Verlag) and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/yearbook . Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/2855 .
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Peter G. Brindley (2010) conducted a review in Medical errors and patient safety. Patient safety strategies (engineering, cognitive psychology, simulation) was evaluated. Applying principles from engineering, cognitive psychology, and simulation can provide valuable insights to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors in acute care medicine.
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