Safety of Health IT Clinical Case Studies

This practical text provides an overview of the adverse consequences of health information technology (HIT) and its impact on patient safety. Specific cases of errors and risks related to various types of HIT are featured along with best practices for patient safety, workflows and organizational sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Agrawal, Abha (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 – First Do No Harm: An overview of HIT and Patient Safety
  • Chapter 2 – An overview of HIT-related errors
  • Section I: Errors Related to Various Types of Health Information Technologies
  • Chapter 3 – Errors related to CPOE
  • Chapter 4 – Errors related to alert fatigue
  • Chapter 5 – Unintended consequences of bar-code assisted medication administration
  • Chapter 6 – Errors related to outpatient e-prescribing
  • Chapter 7 – Errors related to alarms and monitors
  • Chapter 8 – Errors related to personal mobile technology
  • Section II: Health Information Technology Implementation Issues
  • Chapter 9 – Improving clinical documentation integrity
  • Chapter 10 – EHR and physician-patient communication
  • Chapter 11 – Patient identification errors and HIT: Friend or foe?
  • Chapter 12 – Errors related to health information exchange
  • Section III: Specialty Considerations
  • Chapter 13 – Safety considerations inradiation therapy
  • Chapter 14 – Safety considerations in pediatric informatics
  • Chapter 15 – Safety considerations in ambulatory care informatics
  • Section IV: Organizational Considerations
  • Chapter 16 – Health information technology and medical liability risks
  • Chapter 17 – Improving safety through enterprise risk management
  • Chapter 18 – Managing HIT contract process for patient safety
  • Chapter 19 – Improving safety of medical device use through training