19 Oct User-Friendly EHRs Also More Safety-Friendly

Posted at 15:34h in EHR, Industry Trends by Empower Systems

By: Jennifer Kearney-Strouse

Source: ACPHospitalist.com

Ese of use and safety may go hand in hand, at least where electronic health records (EHRs) are concerned, according to a recent study.

Using 2017-2018 data from 112 U.S. hospitals, researchers found that the computer systems’ scores for medication safety were significantly associated with clinician ratings of how well their EHRs support delivery of safe, high-quality care.

“Safety performance was associated with usability, which implies that efforts to improve usability could improve the safety of electronic health records, which makes a lot of sense,” said coauthor David W. Bates, MD, MSc, MACP. “I think most clinicians sense that just based on delivering care.” The results were published Sept. 11 by JAMA Network Open.

Dr. Bates, who is chief of general internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a professor in the department of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, recently spoke to ACP Hospitalist about the findings and what they may mean for the future of EHRs.

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