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Identifying Electronic Health Record Usability And Safety Challenges In Pediatric Settings

Pediatric populations are uniquely vulnerable to the usability and safety challenges of electronic health records (EHRs), particularly those related to medication, yet little is known about the ... read more

A usability and safety analysis of electronic health records: a multi-center study

From too many "mouse-clicks" to the wrong "mouse-clicks," such behaviors affect the health ... usability and safety events occurred across sites, did identify trends and differences among the sites ... read more

EHR usability issues pose safety risk to pediatric patients

Electronic health ... sought to identify the specific types of EHR usability issues and associated medication errors in pediatric settings. These new findings reinforce precisely why it’s imperative ... read more

EHR Usability Issues Pose Risk to Hospitalized Children, Study Finds

Ratwani RM, Savage E, Will A, et al. Identifying electronic health record usability and safety challenges in pediatric settings. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37(11):1752-1759. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018 ... read more

Design Flaws In Electronic Health Records Can Harm Patients, Study Finds

Usually, talk of the troubles that doctors have with electronic health records revolve around issues ... safety event' reports. Most health care systems in the country have a way for their doctors and ... read more

PEW urges ONC to improve safety of pediatric EHR software

Health IT ... criteria for pediatric EHRs—as required by Section 4001 of the 21st Century Cures Act within two years (end of 2018)—offers ONC an opportunity to focus on improving the safety and ... read more

Electronic Health Record Usability Issues and Potential Contribution to Patient Harm

Electronic health record (EHR) usability ... is a point of frustration for clinicians and can have patient safety consequences.¹,2 However, specific usability issues and EHR clinical processes that ... read more

Lack of real-world EHR testing causes patient safety problems, experts say

Electronic health records (EHRs ... this question would identify selecting any lab order as a success, so it does not legitimately evaluate whether the EHR would cause usability or safety issues. The ... read more

EHR Certification Methods Fail Physicians, Patients

Many of America's physicians are unhappy with the performance of their electronic health record systems (EHRs ... information in real-word clinical settings and is not capable of identifying ... read more

New medical technology poses safety problems if users not trained properly

In June, researchers at the Veteran Health Administration Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety in Houston reported that complicated and confusing electronic health records pose ... read more

Lessons Premier Hospitals Learned About Implementing Electronic Health Records

To pinpoint considerations that tie to success, the Premier health care alliance surveyed hospitals to develop an electronic health record best-practices ... common questions and technical issues as ... read more

Need to Address Diagnostic Errors is Urgent, IOM Says

“Urgent change is warranted to address this challenge ... electronic health records are contributing to diagnostic errors, comments Epner. Dean Sittig, professor at the University of Texas School of ... read more