Learning from high-risk industries may not be straightforward: a qualitative study of the hierarchy of risk controls approach in healthcare (December 2017)

Summary

This article, published in The international journal for quality in healthcare, looks at the Hierarchy of Risk Controls approach to explore its usefulness and effectiveness in healthcare. To investigate this issue, a team of social scientists examined the risk controls introduced by four hospital teams in England and Scotland after they had identified hazards in their systems.