Lexology July 20, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recent research indicates electronic health records (EHRs) are not improving patient safety in the way many users hoped. There are multiple explanations for the shortcoming.
Physicians may be tuning out alerts that are not urgent or not configured properly. Some hospitals are customizing their EHR settings poorly. Incomplete data can hinder the effectiveness of EHRs.
Recent research indicates electronic health records (EHRs) still are not improving patient safety, despite years of efforts to make them more effective in preventing errors and boosting adherence to best practices.
The researchers examined EHR data collected between 2009 and 2018 from more than 2,300 hospitals, assessing computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support data from The Leapfrog Group’s annual survey....
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