Use of simulation to assess electronic health record safety in the intensive care unit: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT: To establish the role of high-fidelity simulation training to test the efficacy and safety of the electronic health record (EHR)-user interface within the intensive care unit (ICU) environment. Prospective pilot study. Medical ICU in an academic medical centre. Postgraduate medical trainees. A 5-day-simulated ICU patient was developed in the EHR including labs, hourly vitals, medication administration, ventilator settings, nursing and notes. Fourteen medical issues requiring recognition and subsequent changes in management were included. Issues were chosen based on their frequency of occurrence within the ICU and their ability to test different aspects of the EHR-user interface. ICU residents, blinded to the presence of medical errors within the case, were provided a sign-out and given 10

SUBMITTER: March CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3641430 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature