MedTech Dive September 11, 2018
Dive Brief:
A viewpoint article published in JAMA Pediatrics calls for a rigorous certification program for electronic health records used in pediatric care.
Authors Raj Ratwani of MedStar Health’s National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare and Ben Moscovitch and Josh Rising of Pew Charitable Trusts argue that children are especially vulnerable to patient safety risks such as incorrect medication doses that arise from poor EHR design.
The article offers several recommendations to the federal government for making the health IT systems safer for children, including new requirements for vendors.
Dive Insight:
A provision in the 21st Century Cures Act, passed by Congress in 2016, directs the Office of the National...
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