Healthcare Informatics July 19, 2018
Nearly nine out of 10 respondents to a national survey of physicians, nurses and healthcare executives say their organizations are successfully improving the safety of patients, yet these medical professionals also identified ineffective information technology as a key barrier to achieving their patient safety goals, according to a recent online survey conducted by Health Catalyst.
Specifically, respondents said they need better health information technology to warn clinicians of impending patient harm, as well as more resources and greater organizational focus on the problem, the survey found. Health Catalyst, a Salt Lake City-based data analytics company, conducted an online survey of 462 medical, quality and pharmacy professionals in healthcare organizations of all sizes across the U.S. on patient safety issues.
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