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Table 3 Perspectives around benefits and/or concerns with ORBB

From: Interprofessional staff perspectives on the adoption of or black box technology and simulations to improve patient safety: a multi-methods survey

Themes

Total

APPs

MDs

RNs

Other

Example statements

OR Black Boxes (ORBB) benefit(s)

Quality improvement

20

2

4

10

2

“Learning from emergency situations and ability to see how we can improve. esp. in terms of communication.”

Patient safety

15

1

2

10

0

“It (ORBB) enhances patient safety measures.”

Objective case review

13

3

5

5

2

“Objective documentation of exactly what was and was not said as well as documentation of events.”

Teamwork

7

2

1

4

0

 

Communication

4

0

1

4

0

 

Learning

3

1

1

2

0

 

Process improvement

3

0

1

1

0

 

Performance

2

0

1

1

0

 

Compliance

1

0

0

0

1

 

Data

1

0

0

1

0

 

Handoffs

1

0

0

1

0

 

Metrics

1

0

1

0

0

 

ORBB concern(s)

Psychological safety

21

3

15

2

1

“It removes all trust and team building in an operating room. It is a punitive measure that discourages open communication and improvement in patient care.”

Privacy

16

3

9

4

0

“There is a significant concern for privacy, both from the perspective of constantly being video recorded and from the perspective of the safety of recorded data in the age of constant malware attacks on healthcare” institutions and their data centers

Loss of trust

9

1

8

0

0

“I’m concerned the black box data will be used for punitive purposes or to scrutinize interpersonal communication instead of being used to improve safety.”

Data security

5

0

4

1

0

 

Legal

4

0

4

0

0

 

Confidentiality

2

2

0

0

0

 

Impedes teamwork

1

1

0

0

0

 

Stigma

1

0

1

0

0

 

Anxiety

1

1

0

0

0

 

Morale

1

0

1

0

0

 

Patient safety

1

0

1

0

0

 

Consent

1

0

0

1

0

 

Technology

1

0

0

0

1

 
  1. Themes are in order by frequency, with the most frequent responses listed first. Subsequently, for frequencies that appear more than once, themes are arranged alphabetically to provide a clearer presentation of the data. Bold text in row highlights the top three most common themes across all professions. Respondents’ statements provided on the most common themes