Main description:

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 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 communicationr 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