Detecting Adverse Events Using Information Technology

AUTOR(ES)

Bates, David W.

FONTE

American Medical Informatics Association

RESUMO

Context: Although patient safety is a major problem, most health care organizations rely on spontaneous reporting, which detects only a small minority of adverse events. As a result, problems with safety have remained hidden. Chart review can detect adverse events in research settings, but it is too expensive for routine use. Information technology techniques can detect some adverse events in a timely and cost-effective way, in some cases early enough to prevent patient harm.

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