HealthExec December 23, 2019
Electronic medical record products may have patient safety issues––even if they’re certified, according to a new study published in JAMA.
HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) can conduct EHR surveillance to determine whether EHR systems meet specific, certified design, functionality and security standards. Certified EHR products receive a unique product ID.
Researchers from Georgetown University School of Medicine and MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors sought to estimate the extent of lack of adherence to certification standards and the potential for patient harm among vendor products.
Researchers analyzed publicly available surveillance data from Jan. 28, 2016, to June 24, 2019, including surveillance activity and any identified issues, called nonconformities. They then classified nonconformities into either possible patient harms...
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