Reliability Technology, Human Error, and Quality in Health Care

Recognizing that reliable health care requires the correct use of advanced medical technology, this book discusses the importance and interplay of technology, human factors, and quality. The author builds a foundation with a chapter on mathematical concepts for measuring reliability and risk assessment. The book then covers reliability, emphasizing safety and quality, while considering error and failure. It covers medical device safety and maintenance, and human error, human error reporting, and patient safety. This work contains examples, and reliability and risk models, as well as numerous problems at the end of the chapters to reinforce comprehension.