Hazards With Medical Devices: The Role of Design
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Emerging evidence suggests that health information technology may cause new patient safety concerns and other unintended consequences due to usability issues, disruptions of clinical processes, and unsafe workarounds.
“However, emerging evidence suggests that HIT may cause new patient safety concerns and other unintended consequences due to usability issues, disruptions of clinical processes, and unsafe workarounds to circumvent technology-related constraints.2–16”
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- Authors
- Fairbanks, R. J., & Wears, R. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Venue
- Annals of Emergency Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-11
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 519-521
- ISSN
- 0196-0644 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2028672498
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annals of Emergency Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Medical Laboratory Technology › Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
- Keywords
- medical device hazards, medical device design, patient safety, medical device malfunction, emergency medicine
- MeSH terms
- Emergency Medicine, Equipment Design, Equipment Failure, Equipment Safety, Heart Arrest, Humans, Defibrillators
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