The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded a $989,000 contract to The Institute of Medicine to conduct a year-long study aimed at ensuring health information technology will achieve its full potential for improving patient safety in healthcare, according to a Department of Health & Human Services news release.
The IOM study is intended to garner best policies and practices in using health IT for improved healthcare safety. Highlights of the study will include the following:
• Summary of existing knowledge of the effects of health IT on patient safety
• Identifying approaches to promote the safety-enhancing features of health IT while protecting patients from any safety problems associated with health IT
• Identifying approaches for preventing health IT-related patient safety problems before they occur
• Identifying approaches for surveillance and reporting activities to bring about rapid detection and correction of patient safety problems
Read the HHS news release about The Institute of Medicine's health IT study.
Read other coverage about healthcare information technology initiatives:
- Mayo Clinic Launches Social Health Network for Healthcare Providers
- HHS to Distribute Kaiser's Tool, Enables Translation for Patient- and Physician-Friendly Terminology
- National Coordinator for Health IT Announces Last Two Regional Extension Centers
The IOM study is intended to garner best policies and practices in using health IT for improved healthcare safety. Highlights of the study will include the following:
• Summary of existing knowledge of the effects of health IT on patient safety
• Identifying approaches to promote the safety-enhancing features of health IT while protecting patients from any safety problems associated with health IT
• Identifying approaches for preventing health IT-related patient safety problems before they occur
• Identifying approaches for surveillance and reporting activities to bring about rapid detection and correction of patient safety problems
Read the HHS news release about The Institute of Medicine's health IT study.
Read other coverage about healthcare information technology initiatives:
- Mayo Clinic Launches Social Health Network for Healthcare Providers
- HHS to Distribute Kaiser's Tool, Enables Translation for Patient- and Physician-Friendly Terminology
- National Coordinator for Health IT Announces Last Two Regional Extension Centers