Participation in EHR based simulation improves recognition of patient safety issues.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHR) are becoming increasingly integrated into the clinical environment. With the rapid proliferation of EHRs, a number of studies document an increase in adverse patient safety issues due to the EHR-user interface. Because of these issues, greater attention has been placed on novel educational activities which incorporate use of the EHR. The ICU environment presents many challenges to integrating an EHR given the vast amounts of data recorded each day, which must be interpreted to deliver safe and effective care. We have used a novel EHR based simulation exercise to demonstrate that everyday users fail to recognize a majority of patient safety issues in the ICU. We now sought to determine whether participation in the simulation improves recogn

SUBMITTER: Stephenson LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4287422 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature