As part of SLRs, SEIPS helps shift thinking by examining human–technology–task interactions and uncovering the deeper system drivers of harm and variation in practice. It strengthens SLR recommendations by focusing on system behaviour rather than individual blame and provides practical tools to understand work‑as‑done and identify meaningful improvements across the wider system.
In Scotland we have developed the Care Systems Analysis Tool (CSAT), which is based on SEIPS. We made this change for two reasons:
In recognition that its focus goes beyond patient safety and can therefore be used in any care sector.
In recognition that the framework can focus on any outcome in health and care, and not just patient safety.
SEIPS - Dr Helen Vosper
Three things you will hear about in this pre-recorded webinar:
An explanation of how SEIPS shows how care outcomes arise from interactions between people, tasks, technologies, environment, and organisational factors.
An explanation of how SEIPS focuses on the detailed interactions within the work system—revealing, for example, how design, training, workload, environment, and culture shape performance and safety.
Highlighting how to identify contributory system factors, fill evidence ‘buckets’, explore and prioritise systems interactions to inform more effective recommendations for improvement, and avoid blame-based conclusions by examining the system around the incident.
