The study will cover a range of patient safety issues, such as preventing IT-related errors and rapid reporting of safety issues. Other components of the study will:
- Consider potential effects of government regulation and private sector initiatives to maximize safety,
- Summarize existing knowledge of the effects of health IT on safety,
- Identify approaches to promote safety-enhancing features in the technology,
- Identify approaches for preventing IT-related safety problems and surveillance initiatives to quickly find and correct problems,
- Address potential roles of private sector certification programs, patient safety organizations and trade associations, and
- Examine existing and potential roles for federal agencies, particularly those in the Department of Health and Human Services.
This originally appeared on Health Data Management.
Joseph Goedert is news editor at Health Data Management.
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