Objective: To systematically review studies reporting problems with information technology
(IT) in health care and their effects on care delivery and patient outcomes. Materials and …

This report was prepared for WHO Patient Safety's Methods and Measures for Patient Safety
Working Group. It provides a basic description of major topic areas relating to human factors …

We identify and describe nine key, short-term, challenges to help healthcare organizations,
health information technology developers, researchers, policymakers, and funders focus …

Background Despite the widespread use of accreditation in many countries, and prevailing
beliefs that accreditation is associated with variables contributing to clinical care and …

Objective To clinically evaluate a new patented multimodal system (SAFERSleep) designed
to reduce errors in the recording and administration of drugs in anaesthesia. Design …

Healthcare systems face challenges including diminishing resources and increasing
demands. The challenges need to be balanced in this complex system of systems to ensure …

Objective To expand an emerging classification for problems with health information
technology (HIT) using reports submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration …

In this section we have summarised some general principles of evaluation. Following the
publication of this document, WHO plans to make available standard evaluation tools for this …

Why is it that in spite of all the health policy reforms, clinical practice innovations, increasing
intersectoral interdependencies and new medical and information technologies, so little has …

Objectives: To sustain an argument that harnessing the natural properties of sociotechnical
systems is necessary to promote safer, better healthcare. Methods: Triangulated analyses of …