The Open Medical Informatics Journal

2010, 4 : 181-187
Published online 2010 September 15. DOI: 10.2174/1874431101004010181
Publisher ID: TOMINFOJ-4-181

RESEARCH ARTICLE
 Towards an Integrative Cognitive-Socio-Technical Approach in Health Informatics: Analyzing Technology-Induced Error Involving Health Information Systems to Improve Patient Safety

E.M Borycki, * and A.W Kushniruk
School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

* Address correspondence to this author at the School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Tel: 250-472-5432; Fax: 250-472-4751; E-mail: emb@uvic.ca

ABSTRACT

Keywords:

Technology induced error, cognitive, sociotechnical, cognitive-socio-technical, patient safety.