EHR Intelligence June 29, 2020
Researchers analyzed over 200 health IT safety complaints from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system to diagnose the root cause of health IT diagnostic delays.
Interventions to minimize health IT outpatient diagnostic delays at major health systems could improve interoperability, information overload, test result management, order entry, and data visualization, according to a national root cause analysis, published in JAMA Network Open.
Diagnostic delays are a major threat to outpatient safety. Health IT aims to reduce diagnostic delays by tracking test results, improving information access, facilitating communication between clinicians, and supporting test selection.
“For instance, inadequate test result follow-up is a substantial cause of diagnostic delays in EHR-enabled settings,” wrote the study authors. “Although electronic test result...
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