Seeing safety differently: the SEIPS effect (Judy Walker Associates, May 2026)

Summary

Edition 13 of the After Action Review newsletter shares an example of a new application of the SEIPS tool.

SEIPS was meant to help us review incidents. But what if it’s quietly changing how we think about safety every day?

The use of the System Engineering Initiative in Patient Safety, mostly commonly known as SEIPS is now widely applied in the learning responses to healthcare incidents. What makes it really interesting is how it is now also working reduce risk proactively and influence how we think in healthcare.