Systematic review: the evidence that publishing patient care performance data improves quality of care

CH Fung, YW Lim, S Mattke, C Damberg… - Annals of internal …, 2008 - acpjournals.org
Background: Previous reviews have shown inconsistent effects of publicly reported
performance data on quality of care, but many new studies have become available in the 7 …

[HTML][HTML] Translational cognition for decision support in critical care environments: a review

VL Patel, J Zhang, NA Yoskowitz, R Green… - Journal of biomedical …, 2008 - Elsevier
The dynamic and distributed work environment in critical care requires a high level of
collaboration among clinical team members and a sophisticated task coordination system to …

Evaluating clinical decision support systems: monitoring CPOE order check override rates in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Computerized Patient Record System

CP Lin, TH Payne, WP Nichol, PJ Hoey… - Journal of the …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To measure critical order check override rates in VA Puget Sound Health Care
System's computerized practitioner order entry (CPOE) system and to compare 2006 results …

Patient safety and error reduction in surgical pathology

RE Nakhleh - Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 2008 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—National patient safety goals and error reduction efforts should be addressed by
each surgical pathology laboratory. Objective.—To review issues relevant to patient safety …

A usability evaluation of four commercial dental computer-based patient record systems

TP Thyvalikakath, V Monaco… - The Journal of the …, 2008 - Elsevier
Background The usability of dental computer-based patient record (CPR) systems has not
been studied, despite early evidence that poor usability is a problem for dental CPR system …

Decision support systems for antibiotic prescribing

V Sintchenko, E Coiera, GL Gilbert - Current opinion in infectious …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
The reemerging interest in prescribing decision support reflects the recent change in
emphasis from support for diagnostic decisions towards support for patient management …

Pediatric aspects of inpatient health information technology systems

GR Kim, CU Lehmann… - …, 2008 - publications.aap.org
US adoption of health information technology as a path to improved quality of patient care
(effectiveness, safety, timeliness, patient-centeredness, efficiency, and equity) has been …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of eHealth on the quality and safety of healthcare

J Car, A Black, C Anandan, K Cresswell… - A Systemic Overview …, 2008 - researchgate.net
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION• Increasing life expectancy, improved survival in
people with acute and long-term conditions and a greater array of available treatment …

The role of laboratory information systems in healthcare quality improvement

JP Harrison, GM McDowell - International journal of health care quality …, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this study was to evaluate the status of US hospital Laboratory
Information Systems. Laboratory Information Systems are critical to high quality healthcare …

The nature and occurrence of registration errors in the emergency department

AF Hakimzada, RA Green, OR Sayan, J Zhang… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Research into the nature and occurrence of medical errors has shown that these often result
from a combination of factors that lead to the breakdown of workflow. Nowhere is this more …