title: Reducing Technology-Induced Errors: Organizational and Health Systems Approaches.
abstract: Technology-induced errors are a growing concern for health care organizations. Such errors arise from the interaction between healthcare and information technology deployed in complex settings and contexts. As the number of health information technologies that are used to provide patient care rises so will the need to develop ways to improve the quality and safety of the technology that we use. The objective of the panel is to describe varying approaches to improving software safety from and organizational and health systems perspective. We define what a technology-induced error is. Then, we discuss how software design and testing can be used to improve health information technologies. This discussion is followed by work in the area of monitoring and reporting at a health district and national level. Lastly, we draw on the quality, safety and resilience literature. The target audience for this work are nursing and health informatics researchers, practitioners, administrators, policy makers and students.
authors.affiliation: University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Borycki
authors.affiliation: State University of New York Downstate Medical Centre, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Yalini
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Senthriajah
authors.affiliation: University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Andre W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kushniruk
authors.affiliation: State University of New York Downstate Medical Centre, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Sari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palojoki
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Kaija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saranto
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Jikei Institute, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards*; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards; D012986:Software Validation