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

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
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Agrawal, Abha (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:	1st ed. 2016.
Series:	Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:	Health informatics. Practice of medicine. Health administration. General practice (Medicine). Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:	Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:	Loaded electronically. Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.

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 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.

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

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