Background: Increasing data suggest that error in medicine is frequent and results in
substantial harm. The recent Institute of Medicine report (LT Kohn, JM Corrigan, MS …

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America identified
the critical role of information technology in designing safe and effective health care. In …

Evidence is emerging that certain technologies such as computerized provider order entry
may reduce the likelihood of patient harm. However, many technologies that should reduce …

The use of clinical decision support systems (CDSS) can improve the overall safety and
quality of health care delivery, but may also introduce machine-related errors. Recent …

Abstract Background The Internet of Things has spawned a new fleet of medical devices
replete with improved sensing and actuating capabilities. Preemptive mitigation of the cyber …

Background: Improving the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care will require
immediate and ubiquitous access to complete patient information and decision support …

Objectives This paper provides a systematic review of safety use of health information
technology (IT). The first objective is to identify the antecedents towards safety use of health …

Patient safety is a global challenge that requires knowledge and skills in multiple areas,
including human factors and systems engineering. In this chapter, numerous conceptual …

Abstract With the United States joining other countries in national efforts to reap the many
benefits that use of health information technology can bring for health care quality and …

Medical error reduction is an international issue, as is the implementation of patient care
information systems (PCISs) as a potential means to achieving it. As researchers conducting …