Spotlight on electronic health record errors: paper or electronic hybrid workflows
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Sparnon, Erin, author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body. ECRI (Organization), issuing body. Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Electronic Health Records Electronic Prescribing Medical Errors -- prevention & control Medical Order Entry Systems Medical Records Records Workflow Documentation -- methods Medical Informatics Paper Patient safety Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In a previous Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory article, analysts read 3,099 narrative reports relevant to health information technology (HIT) from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's database and tagged each report using a previously published classification taxonomy developed specifically for HIT. In the course of that review, analysts identified 85 reports of a specific type of error: errors related to miscommunication arising from dual use of electronic and paper documentation. The use of a hybrid workflow, in which both electronic and paper systems are used for documentation, is often found in care areas transitioning from a paper-based to fully electronic (i.e., electronic health record [EHR]) documentation procedure. Hybrid workflows may occur as a planned transitional step during the implementation of an EHR system or may arise as a workaround in which paper is used to supplement electronic systems. This article describes the type of events related to the use of a hybrid workflow and provides recommendations on reducing the use of hybrid workflows.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 55-58)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101609905 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101609905