Workarounds to Intended Use of Health Information Technology: A Narrative Review of the Human Factors Engineering Literature

Human Factors

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 281-292

  Patterson, Emily S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health information technology (HIT); nursing and nursing systems; patient safety; workarounds

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; NURSING; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (HIT); INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATIONS; INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PATIENT SAFETY; WORKAROUNDS;

INFORMATION USE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONITORING; NARRATIVE; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKFLOW; ERGONOMICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE;

ERGONOMICS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; WORKFLOW;

EID: 85043715856     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720818762546     Document Type: Article

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