McInerney, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-7620-7110, Benn, J., Dowding, D. et al. (7 more authors) (2022) Patient safety informatics: meeting the challenges of emerging digital health. MEDINFO 2021: One World, One Health – Global Partnership for Digital Innovation, 290. pp. 364-368. ISSN 0926-9630
Abstract
The fourth industrial revolution is based on cyber-physical systems and the connectivity of devices. It is currently unclear what the consequences are for patient safety as existing digital health technologies become ubiquitous with increasing pace and interact in unforeseen ways. In this paper, we describe the output from a workshop focused on identifying the patient safety challenges associated with emerging digital health technologies. We discuss six challenges identified in the workshop and present recommendations to address the patient safety concerns posed by them. A key implication of considering the challenges and opportunities for Patient Safety Informatics is the interdisciplinary contribution required to study digital health technologies within their embedded context. The principles underlying our recommendations are those of proactive and systems approaches that relate the social, technical and regulatory facets underpinning patient safety informatics theory and practice.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and IOS Press. This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
Keywords: | Patient safety; Informatics; Digital Technology |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > The Medical School (Sheffield) > Academic Unit of Medical Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2022 10:53 |
Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2022 10:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOS Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3233/shti220097 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:191894 |