Matthew C. Scanlon, MD, discuses is article, “Value of Human Factors to Medication and Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit,” published as part of a supplement to the June 2010 issue of Critical Care Medicine. He discusses how human factors provide a framework for understanding safety failures in critical care settings. Scanlon is an associate professor for the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and a physician at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, specializing in pediatrics and pediatric critical care.
