Redwood, Sabi, Dixon-Woods, Mary, Minnion, Joel, Rajakumar, Anna, Nwulu, Ugochi (2011) Some unanticipated consequences of the implementation of a hospital IT system: learning from a case study. In: Making Health Care Safer, 27-28 June 2011, University of St Andrews. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:48391)
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Abstract
Technology offers potentially attractive solutions to patient safety concerns. Evidence is accumulating that
errors can be reduced and practitioner performance improved through the implementation of computerised
prescribing systems (CPS), but few interventions are free of unanticipated consequences. The aims of this
session are to: share the learning from a case study of a large acute hospital in the UK with a sophisticated
CPS; explain how unanticipated consequences arise in the sociotechnical system, illustrate these with
examples, both beneficial and potentially harmful, and identify how they affect patient safety; emphasise the
importance of being vigilant to the effects on patient safety when new technology mixes with long
established work patterns; and invite comment and discussion about how health care organisations can
harness beneficial effects and mitigate potential harm.
Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Other) |
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Subjects: |
R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R858 Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics. Medical information technology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
Depositing User: | Ugochi Nwulu |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2015 09:39 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:32 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/48391 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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