Do Transient Working Conditions Trigger Medical Errors?

Abstract

Organizational factors affecting working conditions for health care workers have received significant attention as latent causes of medical errors. Little is known, however, about the risks associated with transient or changing working conditions. The purpose of this study was to identify specific transient, modifiable working conditions in the hospital environment that serve as triggers for medical errors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA433967

Entities

People

  • Bradley Evanoff
  • Clay Dunagan
  • Deborah Grayson
  • Gary Sorock
  • Laurie Wolf
  • Patricia Potter
  • Stuart Boxerman

Organizations

  • United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Drug Therapy
  • Education
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Operations
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Online Systems
  • Patient Care
  • Risk
  • Risk Factors
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Systems Analysis and Design