SEIPS 101 and 7 simple SEIPS tools
In the past 15 years, SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety)1–3 and related conceptual models4 5 were developed to study and improve healthcare. These theoretical models depict how work systems affect health-related outcomes, such as patient...
HSIB Report Wrong site surgery – Wrong patient
HSIB reviewed the NHS national reporting systems to understand how often the wrong patient receives the wrong procedure. They launched this national investigation because the evidence found suggests that incorrect identification of patients is a contributory factor to...
Human Factors and Ergonomics at the London Nightingale Hospital
“On a winter’s morning in April 2020, we approached the London Excel centre transformed by the pandemic and the predicted first wave into the NHS Nightingale Hospital, London (NGL). For some of us it was the first time out since lockdown started to join a new...