Below are questions to provoke discussion amongst readers. Please respond to at least two questions and post your responses in the AU moodle discussion forum
1.Using the Triz Methodology, what steps would you be sure to include if you wanted to ensure that a patient’s safety would be compromised as of a result of implementing new technology?
In case you are not a familiar with Triz see http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_92.htm
2.The literature, including work by Samaras, Real, et al, 2012, describes the two main types of errors related to health care devices exist, manufacturers-related errors and device-user errors. Think of errors
in your work environment that fall in to one or both of these categories. What is your role when such an error is identified? What do you do to ensure patient safety? From your experience, do you work in an environment that endorses a culture of safety? If so how has this culture impacted the safe implementation of health care technology?
3.Think about an example of a manual workaround to a technology based process in your practice, describe the design flaw(s) that contributed to the development of this workaround and how this could have been avoided.
In case you are not a familiar with Triz see http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_92.htm
2.The literature, including work by Samaras, Real, et al, 2012, describes the two main types of errors related to health care devices exist, manufacturers-related errors and device-user errors. Think of errors
in your work environment that fall in to one or both of these categories. What is your role when such an error is identified? What do you do to ensure patient safety? From your experience, do you work in an environment that endorses a culture of safety? If so how has this culture impacted the safe implementation of health care technology?
3.Think about an example of a manual workaround to a technology based process in your practice, describe the design flaw(s) that contributed to the development of this workaround and how this could have been avoided.