How EHR vendors are improving patient safety

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• EHRs contribute to patient safety events primarily because of the introduction of technology

• But technology has improved patient safety only in some areas. In others, it has introduced new areas of risk

• The fact of the matter is, no EHR vendor is willing to risk their company stock price by sharing data that explains how they played a contributory role or could have prevented an issue

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• A number of things can point to things which may cause issues, such as:

– Software bugs which can cause a potential risk

– Unsupported workflows adopted by clients which diverge from standard workflows causing potential patient safety issues

– Poor application design

– All of the above

• what differentiates an EHR vendor from others is its ability to be a company that continually innovates, updates and iterates

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• Any vendor who claims their software is completely perfect is not fooling anybody

• What makes a vendor unique is the level of transparency they offer to the industry and to their customers

• A cloud-based platform helps EHR vendors like CureMD in identifying and assisting in diagnosing the impact of any particular issue

Institute of Medicine• The Institute of Medicine recommends:

– Reporting of health IT-related adverse events should be mandatory for vendors

– Health IT vendors should support the free exchange of information, including details relating to patient safety

– Regular public reporting of health IT-related adverse events to encourage transparency

• EHR vendors can look to partner with patient safety organizations which actively publish relevant information from patient safety data

• It will not be possible with just one EHR vendor; it requires other vendors to come on board with their data as well

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