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. 2007 Mar-Apr;14(2):175-81.
doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2196. Epub 2007 Jan 9.

Integrating incident reporting into an electronic patient record system

Guy Haller  1 , Paul S Myles, Johannes Stoelwinder, Mark Langley, Hugh Anderson, John McNeil
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Integrating incident reporting into an electronic patient record system

Guy Haller et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Developments in information technology offer new opportunities to design electronic patient record systems (EPR) which integrate a broad range of functions such as clinical decision support, order entry, or electronic alerts. It has been recently suggested that EPR could support new applications for disease surveillance and patient safety. We describe the integration of a voluntary incident reporting system into an EPR used in operating theatres, to allow the reporting of accidents and preventable complications. We assessed system's reliability and users' acceptance. During the 4-years observation period (2002-2006), 48,983 interventional procedures were performed. Clinicians documented 85.1% of procedures on the incident reporting form. Agreement between chart review and electronically reported incidents was 80.6%. The integration of an incident reporting system into an EPR is reliable and well supported by health care professionals.

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