A Healthcare Provider Model to Integrate Human Factors and Patient Safety in Family Home Healthcare Settings

Healthcare services provided in U.S. is offered through a fragmented system that in majority of cases cannot provide patient population with access to care, high quality of care, or coordinated care, and cannot guarantee the safety of patients. To overcome these shortcomings there is a need to create a new model of care. This study suggests a systematic approach to implement an innovative package of system elements including patient safety interventions, high reliability principles, and care coordination which illustrates the role of human factors in improving health outcomes of our population, enhance their health status, and enrich their overall well-being. Human health in full spectrum is a balance between medical, oral, physical, and mental/behavioral health. In this study all four elements of health services are provided to patients and their health outcomes have been studied in conjunction with the health status of their family members. This research aims to assess and analyze the impact of the addition of the aforementioned system elements in relation with human factors on population's overall health status.