Information Technology Reduce Medical Errors

Technology utilization to prevent medication errors

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Medication errors have been increasingly recognized as a major cause of iatrogenic illness and system-wide improvements have been the focus of prevention efforts. Critically ill patients are particularly vulnerable to injury resulting from medication errors …

Improving Safety with Information Technology | NEJM

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

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499956/

Patient safety, mortality, and morbidity rates will decrease when institutional efforts result in the implementation …

Improved Diagnostics & Patient …

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

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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

Due to unclear definitions, “medical errors” are difficult to scientifically measure. A lack of standardized nomenclature and overlapping definitions of …

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

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Health information technology is critical to reducing medical errors. Electronic medical records allow for reliable access and cross-checking of electronic health records …

The role of health information technology …

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The role of health information technology in reducing preventable medical errors and improving patient safety Medicine and heuristics: cognitive biases and medical decision-making Consequences of …

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 …

Technologies that Can Help Prevent Medical Errors

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This technology is used to electronically requisition medicine, examinations and procedures through the main or central computer system. Through this technique, further errors may …

Information Technology and Medical Error Reduction

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Other technology applications that may reduce medical error are (1) comprehensive electronic health records that are available at the point of care and …