Reliability Technology, Human Error, and Quality in Health Care

Effective health care requires the melding of technology with human factors, and an emphasis on quality. This book builds a foundation with a chapter on mathematical concepts and another on reliability technology, human error, and quality, before exploring the interplay of the three factors. The effective and interrelated functioning of system reliability technology, human factors, and quality play an important role in the appropriate, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of health care. Simply put, it can save you time, money, and more importantly, lives. Over the years a large number of journal and conference proceedings articles on these topics have been published, but there are only a small number of books written on each individual topic, and virtually none that brings the pieces together into a unified whole.