Measuring and improving patient safety through health information technology: The Health IT Safety Framework

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This is a review of Hardeep Singh and Dean Sittig's "Measuring and improving patient safety through health information technology: The Health IT Safety Framework." [1]

Introduction

Despite rapid adoption and use of health information technology (HIT or health IT) with the potential to improve patient safety outcomes, there still exists no clear way to measure the impact of this technology on these outcomes. The health IT safety framework was created to contextualize "health IT-related patient safety measurement, monitoring, and improvement." [1]

Framework Rationale

Overview of Framework

Sociotechnical Work System

Measurement of three overlapping domains of HITS

Expected Measurement Impact

Use of the Framework to Overcome Challenges of Real-World Measurement

Uncover hidden HIT safety risks

Facilitate organizational preparedness

Advance Current Measurement Methods

Identify top priorities for measure development

Comments

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hardeep Singh and Dean F. Sittig. Measuring and improving patient safety through health information technology: The Health IT Safety Framework. BMJ Qual Saf. Published online first 2015 September. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26369894?dopt=Abstract