Title
Health information technology: Anticipating, recognizing, and preventing disruptions in complex adaptive healthcare systems
Date Issued
31 August 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
IGI Global
Abstract
Healthcare organizations are increasingly willing to develop more efficient and higher quality processes to combat the competition and enhance financial viability by adopting contemporary solutions such as Health Information Technology (HIT). However, technological failures occur and represent a contemporary organizational development priority resulting from incongruent organization-technology interfaces. Technologically induced system failure has been defined as technological iatrogenesis. The chapter offers the Healthcare Iatrogenesis Model as an organizational development strategy to guide the responsible implementation of HIT projects. By recognizing the etiology of incongruent organizational interfaces and anticipating patient safety concerns, leaders can proactively respond to system limitations and identify hidden process instabilities prior to costly and consequential catastrophic events.
Start page
1
End page
22
Volume
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84945406203
Resource of which it is part
Healthcare Administration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
ISBN of the container
978-146666340-4, 1466663391, 978-146666339-8
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus