Enhancing healthcare process design with human factors engineering and reliability science, part 1: setting the context.

Carol Boston-Fleischhauer

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Enhancing healthcare process design with human factors engineering and reliability science, part 1: setting the context.

January 16, 2008

Boston-Fleischhauer C. J Nurs Adm. 2008;38(1):27-32.

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This article focuses on human factors and system reliability as building blocks to clinical process design that can enhance efficiency and safety.

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