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Patient safety informatics : adverse drug events, human factors, and IT tools for patient medication safety [E-Book]

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 166.Publication details: Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 274 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781607507406
  • 1607507404
  • 9781607507390
  • 1607507390
  • 1283289717
  • 9781283289719
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • W1
  • QV 600
Online resources:
Contents:
Title page; Preface; Contents; Part A. Keynote Papers on Patient Safety Informatics; Part B. Invited Papers on Patient Safety Informatics; Part C. Designing IT Systems for Patient Safety; Part D. Methods and Technologies for Developing Patient Safety Systems; Part E. Novel Applications of Patient Safety Informatics; Part F. Validation and Impact Assessment of Patient Safety Informatics Approaches; Subject Index; Author Index.
Summary: Improving patient safety and the quality of healthcare poses many challenges, and information technology (IT) can support the measures necessary to address these. Unfortunately, the risk of adverse drug events (ADEs) rises alongside the increasing sophistication of the health IT systems incorporated into hospital environments. These pose a risk to the safety of patients and incur considerable extra healthcare costs. Approaches introduced to eliminate ADEs raise a number of concerns, not least that the successful transferability and use of such tools into real clinical settings is only possible.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Improving patient safety and the quality of healthcare poses many challenges, and information technology (IT) can support the measures necessary to address these. Unfortunately, the risk of adverse drug events (ADEs) rises alongside the increasing sophistication of the health IT systems incorporated into hospital environments. These pose a risk to the safety of patients and incur considerable extra healthcare costs. Approaches introduced to eliminate ADEs raise a number of concerns, not least that the successful transferability and use of such tools into real clinical settings is only possible.

Title page; Preface; Contents; Part A. Keynote Papers on Patient Safety Informatics; Part B. Invited Papers on Patient Safety Informatics; Part C. Designing IT Systems for Patient Safety; Part D. Methods and Technologies for Developing Patient Safety Systems; Part E. Novel Applications of Patient Safety Informatics; Part F. Validation and Impact Assessment of Patient Safety Informatics Approaches; Subject Index; Author Index.

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