Digital Safety Enhancement
- Describe a safety-enhancing technology that you use in your practice. Provide a full description that helps the reader understand its use and features.
- In your experience, has the technology described help reduce the intended safety risk for which it was intended? Strengthen your discussion by fully describing why or why not?
Technology: Electronic Health Records (EHR) System
Description: An Electronic Health Records (EHR) system is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart and is a critical tool used in modern healthcare practices to enhance patient safety. It centralizes and streamlines the documentation, storage, and retrieval of patient health information. The EHR system we use includes several key features designed to improve safety:
- Comprehensive Patient Histories:
- EHRs store extensive patient information, including medical histories, medications, allergies, lab results, and treatment plans. This ensures that all healthcare providers have access to up-to-date and accurate patient data.
- Medication Management:
- The system includes electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) capabilities, which reduce errors related to handwriting misinterpretations…
Technology: Electronic Health Records (EHR) System
Description: An Electronic Health Records (EHR) system is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart and is a critical tool used in modern healthcare practices to enhance patient safety. It centralizes and streamlines the documentation, storage, and retrieval of patient health information. The EHR system we use includes several key features designed to improve safety:
- Comprehensive Patient Histories:
- EHRs store extensive patient information, including medical histories, medications, allergies, lab results, and treatment plans. This ensures that all healthcare providers have access to up-to-date and accurate patient data.
- Medication Management:
- The system includes electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) capabilities, which reduce errors related to handwriting misinterpretations…
Technology: Electronic Health Records (EHR) System
Description: An Electronic Health Records (EHR) system is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart and is a critical tool used in modern healthcare practices to enhance patient safety. It centralizes and streamlines the documentation, storage, and retrieval of patient health information. The EHR system we use includes several key features designed to improve safety:
- Comprehensive Patient Histories:
- EHRs store extensive patient information, including medical histories, medications, allergies, lab results, and treatment plans. This ensures that all healthcare providers have access to up-to-date and accurate patient data.
- Medication Management: Digital Safety Enhancement
- The system includes electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) capabilities, which reduce errors related to handwriting misinterpretations…
