Parallel Perspectives

Throughout the patient safety movement, health care leaders have consistendyreferred to the potential value of human factors research on human performance and system failure (Leape, 2004; Leape, Woods, Hatlie, Kizer, Schroeder, & Lundberg 1998). The patient safety movement has been based on three ideas derived from results of research on human expertise (Feltovich, Ford, & Hoffman, 1997), collaborative work (Rasmussen, Brehmer, & Lepat, 1991), and high-reliability organizations (Rochlin, 1999) built up ilirough investments by other industries: informative, and useful partnerships between healm care and disciplines wim core expertise in areas of human performance. Sustained, substantive partnerships are needed to de'~se useful approaches to current problems and to anticipate and block, me new pams to fajlure that accompany changes in healm care. (\Y/oods & Cook, 2001).