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Improving health IT through understanding the cultural production of safety in clinical settings.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20543385     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Health IT is said to have the potential to improve the safety and effectiveness of care. However, it is known that the implementation of health IT can introduce new risks into the environment of care as a result of design failures, implementation failures, and unintended consequences. The design and implementation of health IT systems reflect explicit or implicit assumptions about what constitutes safe practice. These assumptions may clash with those held by patients and clinicians who are the intended users and subjects of the technology. Current perspectives on risk are discussed and an anthropological approach to understanding the construction of safe practices in the clinical setting is explored using research in barcode medication administration.
Authors:
Laurie Lovett Novak
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Studies in health technology and informatics     Volume:  157     ISSN:  0926-9630     ISO Abbreviation:  Stud Health Technol Inform     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-14     Completed Date:  2010-09-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9214582     Medline TA:  Stud Health Technol Inform     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  175-80     Citation Subset:  T    
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Implementation Sciences Laboratory, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Health Facilities*
Humans
Medical Informatics / organization & administration*
Organizational Culture*
Risk Assessment
Safety Management*

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