Integrating technology-centric and user-centric system testing methods: Ensuring healthcare system usability and safety

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 157, Issue , 2010, Pages 181-186

  Kushniruk, Andre ^a   Borycki, Elizabeth ^a   Kuo, Mu Hsing ^a   Kuwata, Shigeki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

medical error; safety; Software testing; usability testing; workflow

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER TESTING; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SAFETY TESTING; SOFTWARE TESTING; SYSTEM THEORY; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

CONVENTIONAL COMPUTERS; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL ERRORS; USABILITY TESTING; USER-CENTERED APPROACH; WORKFLOW;

INTEGRATION TESTING;

EID: 77954505259     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-569-3-181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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