The SEIPS Model is based on the Balance Theory of Job Design©
(Smith and Carayon, 1989, 1995; Carayon and Smith, 2000)
and the concept of Health Organizations
(Sainfort, Karsh, Booske and Smith, 2001)
© The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Carayon, P., Hundt, A.S., Karsh, B.-T., Gurses, A.P., Alvarado, C.J., Smith, M. and Brennan, P.F. “Work System Design for Patient Safety: The SEIPS Model”
Quality & Safety in Health Care, 2006.
