It is time to talk about people: a human-centered healthcare system.
Examining vulnerabilities within our current healthcare system we propose borrowing two tools from the fields of engineering and design: a) Reason's system approach 1 and b) User-centered design 23. Both approaches are human-centered in that they consider common patterns of human behavior when analyzing systems to identify problems and generate solutions. This paper examines these two human-centered approaches in the context of healthcare. We argue that maintaining a human-centered orientation in clinical care, research, training, and governance is critical to the evolution of an effective and sustainable healthcare system.
Brigham & Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave,, Boston, MA 02115, USA. msearl@partners.org.
Meghan M
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Searl
Lea
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Borgi
Zeina
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