Does Information Technology Prevent Medical Mistakes

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29763131/

Medical errors are a serious public health problem and a leading cause of death in the United States. It is challenging to uncover a consistent cause of errors and, even if found, to provide a consistent viable solution that minimizes the chances of a …

Improving Safety with Information Technology | NEJM

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa020847

Improved Diagnostics & Patient Outcomes

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Improved Diagnostics & Patient Outcomes. When health care providers have access to complete and accurate information, patients receive better medical …

Technology utilization to prevent medication errors

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20210714/

Health information technology has been identified as method to reduce medication errors as well as improve the efficiency and quality of care; however, few …

Health IT's role in reducing medical errors - Health IT Buzz

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One of these is the issue of improving patient safety. We know, both in theory and practice, that HIT-assisted care can reduce errors and improve patient safety. In …

Does Computer Technology Reduce Medical Errors?

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Information technology has been deemed to be a cornerstone for addressing the “quality chasm” identified by the Institute of Medicine. Published studies indicate that CPOE can …

The role of health information technology in …

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This review was conducted using the resources of the library, using websites and search engines and manually search. Scientific databases and electronic journal citations were …

Approach to Improving Patient Safety: Communication

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Facilitating patient access to their electronic health record (EHR) can give them the ability to review and report errors in the medical notes. 2, 3 Expanded patient …

Medical errors: Honesty is the best policy

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/medical-errors-honesty-is-the-best-policy-2016100310405

Medical errors: Honesty is the best policy. “It’s a definite that you’re all going to screw up, but it’s not a definite that any of you will learn from that,” declared one …