"The Health IT Policy Committee endorsed recommendations for the creation of a
national database to which healthcare providers can confidentially
report patient data errors and unsafe conditions they encounter using
electronic health records. Reporting of safety issues would become part
of Stage 2 of meaningful use requirements."
More often than not, it will not be the software or technology that endangers patients, but rather how the software is used to deliver care. "It’s more issues of complex interactions of people and technology,
training and interoperability,” he said. For instance, when providers
order medications through their electronic health record systems (EHRs),
“so many alerts are presented to the ordering physician that they
ignore 90 percent of them."
Since the days of the original IOM report to the recent Meaningful Use definitions, a high performance level for Patient Safety is a core component of the definition of Quality Healthcare. In order to use the technology effectively, above and beyond its implementation cost, is the necessary prerequisite of adequate training for users of the system. Implementation of EHRs will indeed affect the way in which care is delivered to patients. Hopefully for the better.
"The Health IT Policy Committee endorsed recommendations for the creation of a national database to which healthcare providers can confidentially report patient data errors and unsafe conditions they encounter using electronic health records. Reporting of safety issues would become part of Stage 2 of meaningful use requirements."
More often than not, it will not be the software or technology that endangers patients, but rather how the software is used to deliver care. "It’s more issues of complex interactions of people and technology, training and interoperability,” he said. For instance, when providers order medications through their electronic health record systems (EHRs), “so many alerts are presented to the ordering physician that they ignore 90 percent of them."
Since the days of the original IOM report to the recent Meaningful Use definitions, a high performance level for Patient Safety is a core component of the definition of Quality Healthcare. In order to use the technology effectively, above and beyond its implementation cost, is the necessary prerequisite of adequate training for users of the system. Implementation of EHRs will indeed affect the way in which care is delivered to patients. Hopefully for the better.
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