Errors stemming from health information technology, or decisions that result from them, increase patient risk and harm, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
While electronic health records, computerized physician order entry and other health IT systems are helping curb several healthcare-related errors, the researchers said the systems are not flawless.
The study said a health IT-related error occurs anytime the technology is unavailable for use, malfunctions during use, incorrectly used or incorrectly interacts with another health IT system. However, finding the origins of those errors can improve all "technological, professional, organizational and policy initiatives," the study said.
Read the Archives of Internal Medicine study on health IT-related errors.
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While electronic health records, computerized physician order entry and other health IT systems are helping curb several healthcare-related errors, the researchers said the systems are not flawless.
The study said a health IT-related error occurs anytime the technology is unavailable for use, malfunctions during use, incorrectly used or incorrectly interacts with another health IT system. However, finding the origins of those errors can improve all "technological, professional, organizational and policy initiatives," the study said.
Read the Archives of Internal Medicine study on health IT-related errors.
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