Assessment of Health Information Technology-Related Outpatient Diagnostic Delays in the US Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Qualitative Study of Aggregated Root Cause Analysis Data.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Diagnostic delay in the outpatient setting is an emerging safety priority that health information technology (HIT) should help address. However, diagnostic delays have persisted, and new safety concerns associated with the use of HIT have emerged.

Objective

To analyze HIT-related outpatient diagnostic delays within a large, integrated health care system.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study involved qualitative content analysis of safety concerns identified in aggregated root cause analysis (RCA) data related to HIT and outpatient diagnostic delays. The setting was the US Department of Veterans Affairs using all RCAs submitted to the Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center for Patient Safety from January 1, 2013, to July 31, 2018.

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SUBMITTER: Powell L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317596 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature