Safety of Health IT : Clinical Case Studies / edited by Abha Agrawal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agrawal, Abha, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical informatics.

Medicine--Practice.

Medicine.

Public health administration.

Family medicine.

Health Informatics.

Practice and Hospital Management.

Health Administration.

General Practice / Family Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Health Informatics.

Practice and Hospital Management.

Health Administration.

General Practice / Family Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 257 p. 45 illus., 36 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

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 standards. The full impact of these challenges with meaningful solutions are openly examined. Written from a clinical perspective, healthcare professionals within multiple settings will find this timely book an invaluable resource to this essential and bourgeoning technology.

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 in radiation 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

3-319-31123-9