title: Error prevention and error management in medicine--adopting strategies from other professions.
abstract: The report of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) 'To Err Is Human' received public interest. The simple term 'medical error' as it has been used in public so far does not describe the complex setting in medicine. The development of error management in industry (e.g. aviation) with an emphasis on human factors, communication, and systematic error is demonstrated in order to design similar approaches for medicine. Recommendations are based on the principles for designing safety systems in health care organisations published in the IOM report.
authors.affiliation: Arztliches Zentrum für Qualität in der Medizin, Cologne, Germany. Mail@azq.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomeczek
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000517:prevention & control; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D010819:Physician's Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012107:Research Design; D012306:Risk; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration