Managing health IT risks: reflections and recommendations

Health information technology (IT) offers exciting opportunities for providing novel services to patients, and for improving the quality and safety of care.  However, the introduction of IT can lead to unintended consequences, and create opportunities for failure, which can have significant effects...

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Published in:Journal of innovation in health informatics 2018-03, Vol.25 (1), p.952-952
Main Author: Sujan, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Digital health
electronic health record
Electronic Health Records - standards
Health Personnel - education
Humans
Medical Informatics - methods
Medical Informatics - standards
Models, Organizational
Patient Safety
Risk
Risk Management - standards
Safety
Security
Security Measures - standards
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Summary:Health information technology (IT) offers exciting opportunities for providing novel services to patients, and for improving the quality and safety of care.  However, the introduction of IT can lead to unintended consequences, and create opportunities for failure, which can have significant effects on patient safety.  In this paper I argue that many health IT patient safety risks are probably quite predictable, but are often not considered at the time.  This puts patients at risk, and it threatens the successful adoption of health IT.  I recommend that healthcare providers focus on strengthening their processes for organisational learning, promote proactive risk management strategies, and make risk management decisions transparent and explicit.
ISSN:2058-4555
2058-4563
DOI:10.14236/jhi.v25i1.952