Why is safety in intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring so hard? A qualitative study combining human factors/ergonomics and social science analysis

Conclusions
CTG monitoring is an inherently collective and sociotechnical practice. Improving it will require accounting for complex system interdependencies, rather than focusing solely on discrete factors such as individual technical proficiency in interpreting traces.

Source: Quality and Safety in Health Care - March 25, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Lame, G., Liberati, E. G., Canham, A., Burt, J., Hinton, L., Draycott, T., Winter, C., Dakin, F. H., Richards, N., Miller, L., Willars, J., Dixon-Woods, M. Tags: Open access, Editor's choice Original research Source Type: research