Healthcare IT News June 2, 2020
A decade-long study just published in JAMA finds a wide variance in the safety performance of operational EHR systems, especially when it comes to reducing adverse drug events.
Medication safety problems are a leading cause of injury and preventable harm in a hospital-based setting. Although electronic health records that include computerized physician-order entry and clinical-decision support can help to protect patients from adverse events, a new study finds that many EHR safety issues still remain.
The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Utah and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, used a CPOE evaluation tool to assess EHR performances at more than 2,000 hospitals over the course of 10...
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