Healthcare Innovation September 13, 2023
Where users rated EHRs poorly for usability, those systems were less likely to flag drug-drug interactions, a patient’s allergies to drugs, duplicate orders or other harmful medication errors, study finds
Research published in JAMA Open Network found that hospital EHRs that are difficult to use are also less likely to catch medical errors that could harm patients.
A research team studied EHR systems in 112 U.S. hospitals, comparing results from an EHR experience survey taken by 5,689 clinicians with outcomes from an EHR safety evaluation tool. The Leapfrog CPOE EHR safety test examines whether medication orders that could potentially harm a patient properly triggers alert systems.
The study found that user experience strongly correlated with EHR safety. When users rated...
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