Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident and emergency departments.
Providing health care in emergency settings is complex, hazardous work that is vulnerable to failure. Human factors and ergonomics studies of hazardous work in other settings have produced useful insights, innovations, and contributions to improving safety in those fields, so there is great interest...
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| author | Wears, R Woloshynowych, M Brown, R Vincent, C |
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| description | Providing health care in emergency settings is complex, hazardous work that is vulnerable to failure. Human factors and ergonomics studies of hazardous work in other settings have produced useful insights, innovations, and contributions to improving safety in those fields, so there is great interest in applying similar methods to the study of clinical work. However, the clinical environment presents some unique challenges to researchers. We discuss some of those challenges, based on our experience in conducting a variety of studies in the emergency setting in the US and UK, and offer suggestions for future work in this area. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:31f3055c-0e6c-4e25-ba26-8219702ae7ee2022-03-26T13:11:01ZReflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident and emergency departments.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:31f3055c-0e6c-4e25-ba26-8219702ae7eeEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Wears, RWoloshynowych, MBrown, RVincent, CProviding health care in emergency settings is complex, hazardous work that is vulnerable to failure. Human factors and ergonomics studies of hazardous work in other settings have produced useful insights, innovations, and contributions to improving safety in those fields, so there is great interest in applying similar methods to the study of clinical work. However, the clinical environment presents some unique challenges to researchers. We discuss some of those challenges, based on our experience in conducting a variety of studies in the emergency setting in the US and UK, and offer suggestions for future work in this area. |
| spellingShingle | Wears, R Woloshynowych, M Brown, R Vincent, C Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident and emergency departments. |
| title | Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident and emergency departments. |
| title_full | Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident and emergency departments. |
| title_fullStr | Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident and emergency departments. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident and emergency departments. |
| title_short | Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident and emergency departments. |
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