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How aviation improves medical safety.

Hammond C. BBC News Health Check. July 22, 2015.

The aviation industry represents the gold standard for safety that health care has been working toward. This audio news segment provides insights from psychologists and pilots regarding safety achievements in aviation and how they might be applied in health care to reduce hierarchy, enable raising concerns, and use simulation to design efforts that address human error.

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