Using Clinical and Computer Simulations to Reason About the Impact of Context on System Safety and Technology-Induced Error

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 194, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-159

  Kushniruk, Andre W ^a   Borycki, Elizabeth M ^a   Anderson, James ^b   Anderson, Marilyn ^c   Nicoll, James ^a   Kannry, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Anderson Consulting   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical simulation; patient safety; system evaluation; technology induced error; Usability

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING; USER INTERFACES;

CLINICAL SIMULATION; INITIAL PHASIS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; PATIENT SAFETY; SYSTEM EVALUATION; SYSTEM SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY-INDUCED ERROR; USABILITY; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS;

ERRORS;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CANADA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84901088889     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-293-6-154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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