Safety of Health IT (eBook)

Clinical Case Studies

Abha Agrawal (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XII, 257 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-31123-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This practical text provides an overview of the adverse consequences of health information technology (HIT) and its impact on patient safety. Specific cases of errors and risks related to various types of HIT are featured along with best practices for patient safety, workflows and organizational standards. The full impact of these challenges with meaningful solutions are openly examined. Written from a clinical perspective, healthcare professionals within multiple settings will find this timely book an invaluable resource to this essential and bourgeoning technology.

Abha Agrawal, MD, FACP

Chief Clinical Operations Officer

IKS Health, New York, NY

Inhalt

Chapter 1 – First Do No Harm: An overview of HIT and Patient SafetyChapter 2 – An overview of HIT-related errorsSection I: Errors Related to Various Types of Health Information TechnologiesChapter 3 – Errors related to CPOEChapter 6 – Errors related to outpatient e-prescribingChapter 7 – Errors related to alarms and monitorsChapter 8 – Errors related to personal mobile technologySection II: Health Information Technology Implementation IssuesChapter 9 – Improving clinical documentation integrityChapter 10 – EHR and physician-patient communicationr 11="" –="" patient="" identification="" errors="" and="" hit:="" friend="" or="" foe?Chapter 12 – Errors related to health information exchangeSection III: Specialty ConsiderationsChapter 13 – Safety considerations in radiation therapyChapter 14 – Safety considerations in pediatric informaticsChapter 15 – Safety considerations in ambulatory care informaticsSection IV: Organizational ConsiderationsChapter 16 – Health information technology and medical liability risksChapter 17 – Improving safety through enterprise risk managementChapter 18 – Managing HIT contract process for patient safetyChapter 19 – Improving safety of medical device use through training

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 257 p. 45 illus., 36 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Allgemeinmedizin
• Schlagworte: American Recovery Reinvestment bill (ARRA) • CPOE, e-prescribing, software, privacy, security • electronic health records (EHRs), health care delivery • Meaningful Use • patient safety, healthcare information technologies, HIT
• ISBN-10: 3-319-31123-9 / 3319311239
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-31123-4 / 9783319311234