Abstract
Reducing medical errors is a crucial issue facing hospitals today. Through our prior research efforts in the area of aviation safety and pilot-error, as well as from the medical literature, we have identified seven potential factors critical to the success of reducing hospital errors. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a research framework for reducing hospital errors. We will also evaluate how hospitals currently manage hospital errors, attempt to identify other possible factors, and discover potential obstacles to the implementation of the factors. An in-depth multi-case study of hospitals in Illinois will be the methodology used to evaluate and test our theory.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | 2195-2200 |
Number of pages | 6 |
State | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute - Washington, DC, United States Duration: Nov 22 2003 → Nov 25 2003 |
Other
Other | 34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Washington, DC |
Period | 11/22/03 → 11/25/03 |
Keywords
- Health care operations
- Medical errors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Information Systems
- Hardware and Architecture