TY - GEN
T1 - Sociotechnical evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of point-of-care mobile computing devices
T2 - 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2013
AU - Sittig, Dean F.
AU - Kahol, Kanav
AU - Singh, Hardeep
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The potential for health information technology (IT) to enhance quality of care is limited by unanticipated problems following adoption of new systems and technologies. Proactive assessment of system vulnerabilities can help improve existing systems and ease implementation of new innovations. We applied a comprehensive socio-technical model of safe and effective health IT use to the formative evaluation of a novel tablet-based device designed to support primary care practice in rural India. Based on our conceptual model, we developed an assessment guide for the tablet system that was informed by literature review, interviews, and observations of health workers and supervisors. Our assessment revealed and addressed both technical (functionality, content, usability, user interface) and non-technical (workflow, processes and policies etc.)areas of improvement.
AB - The potential for health information technology (IT) to enhance quality of care is limited by unanticipated problems following adoption of new systems and technologies. Proactive assessment of system vulnerabilities can help improve existing systems and ease implementation of new innovations. We applied a comprehensive socio-technical model of safe and effective health IT use to the formative evaluation of a novel tablet-based device designed to support primary care practice in rural India. Based on our conceptual model, we developed an assessment guide for the tablet system that was informed by literature review, interviews, and observations of health workers and supervisors. Our assessment revealed and addressed both technical (functionality, content, usability, user interface) and non-technical (workflow, processes and policies etc.)areas of improvement.
KW - Medical Informatics
KW - Patient Safety
KW - User-Computer Interface
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84894338880
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-515
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-515
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 23920608
AN - SCOPUS:84894338880
SN - 9781614992882
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 515
EP - 519
BT - MEDINFO 2013 - Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
PB - IOS Press
Y2 - 20 August 2013 through 23 August 2013
ER -