Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology
Lecture:Medical errors
Patient safety
Slide content:Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology Summary Lecture a Focused on medical errors and patient safety Distinguished slips from mistakes Explored the concept of system errors Examined the driving forces championing patient safety initiatives 19
Slide notes:This concludes Lecture a of Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology . In summary, this lecture focused on medical errors and patient safety, defined these terms, looked at issues facing the United States as well as developing nations, distinguished slips from mistakes, discussed the concept of system errors with examples, and examined the driving forces behind patient safety initiatives. 19