Automation and adaptation: Nurses' problem-solving behavior following the implementation of bar-coded medication administration technology

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-296

  Holden, Richard J ^a   Rivera Rodriguez, A Joy ^b   Faye, Hélène ^c   Scanlon, Matthew C ^d   Karsh, Ben Tzion ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bar coded medication administration (BCMA); Health information technology; Nursing; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTICIPATORY CONTROL; BAR-CODED MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION (BCMA); CRITICAL DESIGN; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; NURSING WORKS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DESIGN; HAZARDS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

NURSING;

EID: 84880703871     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-012-0229-4     Document Type: Article

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