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Safety of Health IT

Clinical Case Studies

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Editors:
  1. Abha Agrawal

    1. Med Officer & Operating Officer, Norweigan American Hospital, Chicago, USA

  • Features the unintended consequences of health information technologies (HIT) and how to ensure safety of the patient
  • Offers the full impact of implementation errors with preventative solutions
  • Provides best HIT practices for healthcare professionals within multiple clinical settings

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This practical text provides an overview of the adverse consequences of health information technology (HIT) and its impact on patient safety. Specific cases of errors and risks related to various types of HIT are featured along with best practices for patient safety, workflows and organizational standards. The full impact of these challenges with meaningful solutions are openly examined. Written from a clinical perspective, healthcare professionals within multiple settings will find this timely book an invaluable resource to this essential and bourgeoning technology.

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. First Do No Harm: An Overview of HIT and Patient Safety

    • Abha Agrawal
    Pages 1-9

  3. An Overview of HIT-Related Errors

    • Farah Magrabi, Mei-sing Ong, Enrico Coiera
    Pages 11-23

  4. Errors Related to Various Types of Health Information Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Errors Related to CPOE

      • Jan Horsky
      Pages 27-39

    3. Errors Related to Alert Fatigue

      • Heleen van der Sijs
      Pages 41-54

    4. Errors Related to Bar Code-Assisted Medication Administration

      • Jonathan S. Bagby
      Pages 55-67

    5. Errors Related to Outpatient E-Prescribing

      • Olufunmilola Abraham, Loren J. Schleiden, Michelle A. Chui
      Pages 69-79

    6. Errors Related to Alarms and Monitors

      • JoAnne Phillips
      Pages 81-98

    7. Errors Related to Personal Mobile Technology

      • Christine Jorm, Lucinda Roper
      Pages 99-115

  5. Health Information Technology Implementation Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Improving Clinical Documentation Integrity

      • Anupam Goel
      Pages 119-128

    3. EHR and Physician–Patient Communication

      • Richard M. Frankel
      Pages 129-141

    4. Patient Identification Errors and HIT: Friend or Foe?

      • Daniel Hyman, Lynn Voss
      Pages 143-152

    5. Errors Related to Health Information Exchange

      • Carol J. Parker, Julia Adler-Milstein
      Pages 153-165

  6. Specialty Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Safety Considerations in Radiation Therapy

      • Eric C. Ford, Michael G. Herman
      Pages 169-177

    3. Safety Considerations in Pediatric Informatics

      • S. Andrew Spooner
      Pages 179-189

    4. Safety Considerations in Ambulatory Care Informatics

      • Eric Rose
      Pages 191-206

  7. Organizational Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Med Officer & Operating Officer, Norweigan American Hospital, Chicago, USA

    Abha Agrawal

About the editor

Abha Agrawal, MD, FACP
Chief Clinical Operations Officer
IKS Health, New York, NY


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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Safety of Health IT

  • Book Subtitle: Clinical Case Studies

  • Editors: Abha Agrawal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31123-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31121-0Published: 10 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80968-7Published: 09 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31123-4Published: 01 August 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 257

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Informatics, Practice and Hospital Management, Health Administration, General Practice / Family Medicine

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