Safer surgery checklist: Barriers in the adoption of tablets in operating room

COLUSSI, GIULIANA; GARCIA, GABRIELA; GRANDE, MARIA; LUNA, DANIEL

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

IOS Press

Año: 2020 vol. 270 p. 668 - 672

0926-9630

It is crucial that registering the checklist needs to be done synchronously and according to the care tasks within the operating room. Therefore, we aim to find out what are the difficulties that the surgical technicians have when checking the list and exploring potential barriers to implementing the use of tablets. Qualitative research was conducted based on focus groups, in-depth interviews and on-site observations until a full coverage of the topics was achieved. We detected that this problem includes technical aspects (connectivity, hardware and software issues), those related to workflow and logistics, those related with registration process, and those related to organization culture and power structure. Based on results, we developed a plan to solve problems detected.