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Research Article
Human Factors in Aviation and Healthcare: Best Practices, Safety Culture and the Way Ahead for Patient Safety
Author(s): Philip G. Fatolitis* and Anthony J. Masalonis
Error resilience is an important aspect of design and operations in complex sociotechnical systems, especially those
that involve the potential for risk to human life. Many healthcare organizations have promoted or successfully
adopted human factors approaches that have been historically applied in aviation in order to improve patient safety
and healthcare provider performance. However, the integration of aviation human factors approaches has not been
seamless in some healthcare scenarios. Here, the authors explore prominent human factors issues in the two
industries in terms of challenges and successes in conducting human factors research and in applying its best
practices... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2165-7556.21.11.289