| Autor: |
Topaz, Maxim, Schaffer, Adam, Lai, Kenneth, Korach, Zfania Tom, Einbinder, Jonathan, Li Zhou |
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Perspectives in Health Information Management; Summer2018, p1-9, 9p |
| Abstrakt: |
This study analyzed a large database of medical malpractice claims, focusing on allergy cases involving allergy health information systems that resulted in patients' harm. The study consisted of a retrospective descriptive cohort analysis of malpractice claims in a large malpractice case repository representing about 30 percent of all the malpractice cases filed in the United States. Nine of 90 information technology malpractice cases (10 percent) were allergy cases. In one-third of the cases, allergy information systems were identified as the main cause of the malpractice issue. The main allegation category was medication related. Eight of the nine cases resulted in medium or high patient harm, and one case resulted in low patient harm. Although this study identified only a small number of cases, most of the cases resulted in medium or high patient harm. Our results highlight the critical need for safer and more interoperable allergy health information systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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