Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology
Lecture:Sociotechnical aspects of health care
Slide content:Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology Summary Lecture c Role of technology in health care Social and technical resistance to change in the context of sociotechnical interdependence Adaptation of work processes to new technology Changing sociotechnical processes in the context of quality, efficiency, and safety 20
Slide notes:This concludes Lecture c of Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology . This final lecture reviewed the role of technology in health care and examined the concept of social and technical resistance to change in the context of sociotechnical interdependence. Several challenges and obstacles are encountered when work processes are adapted to new technology, and changing sociotechnical processes have various influences on health care quality, efficiency, and safety. 20