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Leveraging Information Technology Towards Enhancing Patient Care and a Culture of Safety in the U.S.
OBJECTIVES: To heighten awareness about the critical issues currently affecting patient care and to propose solutions based on leveraging information technologies to enhance patient care and influence a culture of patient safety. METHODS: Presentation and discussion of the issues affecting health care today, such as medical and medication-related errors and analysis of their root causes; proliferation of medical knowledge and medical technologies; initiatives to improve patient safety; steps necessary to develop a culture of safety; introduction of relevant enabling technologies; and evidence of results. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Medical errors affect not only mortality and morbidity, but they also create secondary costs leading to dissatisfaction by both provider and patient...
Keywords: Medical errors, patient safety, information technology, computerized patient record, Physician order entry, clinical decision support, clinical outcomes, Evidence-based Medicine
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerErrors in laboratory medicine and patient safety: the road ahead
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report,
Keywords: analytical quality, clinical laboratories, errors in laboratory medicine, patient safety, pre- and post-analytical phases, total testing process
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterHow can we make laboratory testing safer?
Keywords: improving laboratory services, Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine, laboratory errors, patient safety, Quality Institute
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter“Pre-pre” and “post-post” analytical error: high-incidence patient safety hazards involving the clinical laboratory
Data from recent studies suggest that the highest incidence of laboratory-related errors occurs in the pre-analytical phase of laboratory testing...
Keywords: diagnostic algorithms, laboratory errors, patient safety, post-analytical phase, pre-analytical phase, test interpretation, test selection
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterPoint-of-care testing, medical error, and patient safety: a 2007 assessment
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is the fastest growing segment of a US$30 billion worldwide market...
Keywords: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulation, clinical laboratory testing, errors, patient safety, point-of-care testing, quality
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterBlood gas and patient safety: considerations based on experience developed in accordance with the Risk Management perspective
It is the responsibility of health organizations to guarantee a high level of healthcare by using adequate methodologies and instruments, creating secure conditions for treatment, and preventing adverse events due to human or system errors...
Keywords: blood gas, clinical risk management, patient safety, point-of-care testing
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterThe role of in vitro diagnostic companies in reducing laboratory error
Laboratory errors have a significant impact on patient safety. The manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products play an important role in the reduction of laboratory errors by ensuring the highest possible safety and efficacy of their products...
Keywords: design for Six Sigma, Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC), evacuated tubes, in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products, laboratory errors, New Product Development, patient safety, preanalytical variables, product development, Six Sigma
06/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterClinical Governance: from clinical risk management to continuous quality improvement
Reducing medical errors has become an international concern. Population-based studies from a number of nations around the world have consistently demonstrated unacceptably high rates of medical injury and preventable deaths...
Keywords: adverse event reporting, Clinical Governance, clinical risk management, Continuous Quality Improvement, error prevention, healthcare system, patient safety
06/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter