EHRs have slightly increased safety performance over the last decade: study

Becker's Healthcare June 1, 2020
Jackie Drees

Over the past decade, hospital EHR systems’ ability to detect harmful medication ordering errors has improved from 54 percent in 2009 to 66 percent in 2018, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

For the study, a team of researchers analyzed 8,657 hospital-year observations from adult hospitals across the U.S. that used the National Quality Forum Health IT Safety Measure EHR computerized physician order entry safety test administered by the Leapfrog Group between 2009 and 2018. The team analyzed data from July 1, 2018, to Dec. 1, 2019.

The analysis showed mean scores on the overall test rose from 53.9 percent in 2009 to...

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