MedStar Health Forms National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare

MedStar Health has announced the formation of the "National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare," a unique scientific research center that applies safety science methods to healthcare. The mission of the center is to improve patient safety, identify and test ways to better protect patients from harm and help create a safe care environment at MedStar Health and beyond.

The National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare utilizes the same safety science that has created dramatic improvements in safety in other domains -- specifically in the military and in the aviation, transportation, and nuclear energy industries. The Center applies these methods to all aspects of healthcare: to medical devices and instruments, to systems and processes of care, and to the overall work environment.

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