Korean J Aerosp Environ Med.  2015 Aug;25(2):43-49.

Study on Introduction of Medical CRM into Healthcare

• Kwon B
• Choi J
• Jang J

Abstract

Population based research suggests that in the United States between 44,000 and 98,000 patients die each year from preventable errors, making medical error the eighth most common cause of death. As early as 1994, the medical community began evaluating best practices from the aviation industry as a possible avenue for reducing errors that occur in operating rooms and trauma situations. Aviation crew resource management (CRM) training, based on effective communication and teamwork skills, may translate to healthcare through error management training. Aviation and healthcare have similar point that focused on safety and efficiency. Now we need to discuss on introducing CRM that was proved as one of the successful tool for reducing human error and increasing safety.

Keyword

CRM; Aviation; Healthcare; Human Facto; Safety