Commentary Involuntary automaticity: a work-system induced risk to safe health care. Citation Text: Toft B, Mascie-Taylor H. Involuntary automaticity: a work-system induced risk to safe health care. Health Serv Manage Res. 2005;18(4):211-6. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL November 16, 2005 Toft B, Mascie-Taylor H. Health Serv Manage Res. 2005;18(4):211-6. View more articles from the same authors. The authors discuss the concept of automaticity, or the automation of a skilled behavior through repetition. They discuss its possible impact on patient safety and strategies to help health care managers minimize its negative effects. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Toft B, Mascie-Taylor H. Involuntary automaticity: a work-system induced risk to safe health care. Health Serv Manage Res. 2005;18(4):211-6. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Towards an organization with a memory: exploring the organizational generation of adverse events in health care. June 8, 2005 Inpatient Notes: human factors engineering and inpatient care—new ways to solve old problems. April 26, 2017 Reframing and addressing horizontal violence as a workplace quality improvement concern. August 22, 2018 Health information exchange in emergency medicine. August 19, 2015 Impact of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription errors in the intensive care unit: a controlled cross-sectional trial. March 1, 2006 Using simulation to teach nursing students and licensed clinicians obstetric emergencies. 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