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 Systems Sociotechnical system: System that involves interaction between people and technology Organizational characteristics are modified by this interaction for better or for worse Optimization of one element without attention to the other may be detrimental to the organization 4
Slide notes:This lecture discusses sociotechnical aspects of health care. A sociotechnical system is a system in which people and technology interact. These interactions can be straightforward, or they can be quite complex. Organizational characteristics of the sociotechnical system are modified by this interaction, for better or for worse. Optimization of one element in this system, either the social element or the technical element, without close attention to the other element, may be detrimental to the organization. 4