To describe and formalise a qualitative, multi-framework methodology for analysing health information technology–related patient safety incidents, based on retrospective incident report data.
Key Findings:
The methodology enables systematic identification and characterisation of HIT-related patient safety incidents.
Captures sociotechnical mechanisms, contributing factors, and outcomes not readily identified through single analytical frameworks.
Supports analysis of low-frequency, high-impact events, workflow disruptions, and system-level failures.
Interpretation:
Remove or rephrase to eliminate unsupported conclusions.
Limitations:
Incident reporting systems may suffer from under-reporting and variability in report quality.
Retrospective analysis may not capture all dimensions of safety-related issues.
Conclusion:
Revise to avoid unsupported claims about the framework's utility.
