Reference no: EM133205959
Discussion: Errors in EHR
Errors in electronic health records (EHRs) are common. At least half of EHRs may contain a mistake, many related to medications. Overburdened practitioners may import inaccurate medication lists, propagate other erroneous information electronically by copying and pasting older parts of the records, or enter inaccurate examination findings. EHRs may also lack critical information (faults of omission) because of limited interoperability among health care sites. Among primary care physicians sharing notes with patients, 26% anticipated finding nontrivial errors. Despite these known problems, systems for checking the accuracy of notes are almost nonexistent.
(Bell SK, Delbanco T, Elmore JG, et al. Frequency and Types of Patient-Reported Errors in Electronic Health Record Ambulatory Care Notes. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(6):e205867. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.5867).
Read the following new article regarding some real-life cases of EHR errors: Electronic health records are supposed to reduce medical errors in hospitals, but they fail to detect up to 33%, study says (Links to an external site.), and 5 Common EHR Mistakes Your Staff Makes (and What They're Costing You) (Links to an external site.) to further discuss the research find a case where (not from the article noted) there was an error in EHR, and explain the particulars of the case and the outcome, and what could have/should have been done differently?