PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Harold Thimbleby
AU  - Alexis Lewis
AU  - John Williams
TI  - Making healthcare safer by understanding, designing and buying better IT
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-3-258
DP  - 2015 Jun 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 258--262
VI  - 15
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/3/258.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/3/258.full
SO  - Clin Med2015 Jun 01; 15
AB  - When nobody or nothing notices an error, it may turn into patient harm. We show that medical devices ignore many errors, and therefore do not adequately support patient safety. In addition to causing preventable patient harm, errors are often reported ignoring potential flaws in medical device design, and front line staff may therefore be inappropriately blamed. We present some suggestions to improve reporting and the procurement of hospital equipment.