Many articles in the medical literature state that medical errors are the result of systems problems, require systems analyses, and can only be addressed with systems solutions. Within that same body of literature is a growing recognition that human factors engineering methods and design principles are needed to reduce medical error and, hence, increase patient safety. Work system analysis methods, which are based on industrial and human factors engineering tools ...
A graduate-level certificate in patient safety has been developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) as part of the university's AHRQ-funded Developmental Center for Evaluation and Research in Patient Safety, which is known as the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS). This patient safety certificate, which is open to all graduate students enrolled at UWMadison, combines course work from the departments of industrial engineering, population health sciences, and medical ...
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