Human Reliability Associates Ltd, UK.
University of Portsmouth, UK.
Health Informatics J. 2020 Dec;26(4):2295-2299. doi: 10.1177/1460458219876183. Epub 2019 Oct 4.
The use of novel health information technology provides avenues for potentially significant patient benefit. However, it is also timely to take a step back and to consider whether the use of these technologies is safe - or more precisely what the current evidence for their safety is, and what kinds of evidence we should be looking for in order to create a convincing argument for patient safety. This special issue on patient safety includes eight papers that demonstrate an increasing focus on qualitative approaches and a growing recognition that the sociotechnical lens of examining health information technology-associated change is important. We encourage a balanced approach to technology adoption that embraces innovation, but nonetheless insists upon suitable concerns for safety and evaluation of outcomes.
新型健康信息技术的使用为患者带来了潜在的显著获益。然而，现在也有必要退一步，思考这些技术的使用是否安全——或者更确切地说，目前有哪些证据可以证明其安全性，以及为了为患者安全建立令人信服的论据，我们应该寻找哪些类型的证据。本期关于患者安全的特刊包含 8 篇论文，展示了对定性方法的日益关注，以及越来越认识到检查与健康信息技术相关变革的社会技术视角很重要。我们鼓励采取平衡的技术采用方法，既拥抱创新，又坚持对安全性和结果评估的适当关注。
