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The pharmaceutical industry is currently undergoing a significant transformation in its approach to addressing the age-old problem of human errors, especially within operational domains—a field commonly referred to as Human Error Reduction (HER). Human errors have plagued human endeavors throughout history, with numerous factors such as fatigue, stress, inadequate training, distractions, and more contributing to …

The Modern Approach to a long-standing issue: Human errors Read More »

The integration of technology is profoundly changing the pharmaceutical sector in the fast- changing healthcare landscape. Pharmaceutical companies are customizing medications to patients’ unique genetic profiles through precision medicine, sophisticated genomics, and personalized treatments, changing patient care. The field of Pharmaceuticals has seen significant changes in recent years, with the emergence of new technologies playing …

How Tech is Shaping the World of Pharma? Read More »

A crucial stage in any advancement of the production process is the digitalization of the manufacturing sector. Increased usage of robots, automated solutions, and computerization are all part of the digitalization process, which enables cost savings, increased production, and adaptability to changes. However, the pharmaceutical industry (PI) has resisted digitization, largely because the development and …

The Transitioning to the New Age in Pharma – Challenges and Solutions Read More »

In the previous blog, we saw that when we tend to overvalue the role of person factors and overlook the impact of external influencing factors, we are making a mistake that psychologists have termed the fundamental attribution error (FAE).In this blog, we will look into 2 aspects to effective root cause identification for Human errors …

The System Approach and Avoiding Fundamental Attribution Error Read More »

How often have you come across individuals in your organization inferring on the cause of incident or a failure as the “Person Problem”? Without much thoughts, you would say “Quite often”, right? It can be thought of that this way, it’s easier to get to a conclusion rather than considering the innumerable possibilities of the …

Human Errors – Person or System? Read More »

The common initial reaction when one comes across an error is to find the person behind it and blame him for the erroneous activity. However, even apparently single events or errors are due most often to the convergence of multiple contributing factors and not just a single Root cause. Blaming an individual does not change these …

5 ways to effectively reduce errors and solve underlying problems: Moving beyond the Blame-Game Read More »