Unintended Consequences In HIT

The common causes for these errors are poor communication, ambiguities in product names, directions to be used, medical abbreviations or writing, poor procedures or techniques, or patient misuse due to to poor understanding of the directions of the medications.

discuss in detail the consequences and likelihood of risks occurring. Tiger teams were established to find

Although EMR’s may be taking over the medical world, paper medical charts remain the most well recognized form for keeping medical records. There are however some things within paper charts that some medical personnel might argue make it a primitive aspect of the medical field. One argument in itself is that the abundance of paper that is utilized in paper charting doesn’t stand up to the “green” society we aspire to live in today. “Paper charting used to take so long, the papers would always get unorganized, they took up so much room in the nurses’ station and the worst was waiting for a doctor to finish with a chart so I could chart what I needed to” (Brittney Guggino LPN, 2012). Another acknowledged concern with paper medical charts is the illegible handwriting of clinicians, which is a common, longstanding problem. Being unable to read orders clearly creates an added risk when dealing with patients treatments, medications etc. Paper charts may be familiar but they come with many downfalls and it’s these downfalls which may sway a person’s decision in the opposite direction in regards to the

Usually, the most common risk management strategies can be subdivided into multi-stage approach in order to obtain a better impression of the underlying risks and thus to increase the probability of mitigating the firm’s risks properly and successfully. Also General Motors Corporation has developed various rules and guidelines to help manage minimize the risks associated with their business and investment operations.

You will look at the protecting factor which is a factor that will reduce the risk and help stop the risk becoming a reality. It 's not about getting rid of the risk but helping people to understand the potential consequences and risks that come with day to day living and using the protecting factors to reduce them as much as possible.

I can understand how frustrating it can be switching from paper charting to electronic charting. I had it easy upon the switching. I worked at a facility that did paper charted. However I had to go to another facility in nursing clinicals that had already institutionalized computer charting. Therefore when my facility did the switch, I had already had the training that was needing. A lot of other nurses complained about the computer charting at first. I can understand. It seems like when I get used to a specific way of charting; it gets changed. We either go to a new program or something gets added. This causes us to have to learn a new method of charting a certain way after being accustomed to charting a

Identify the potential risks which affect the company and manage these risks within its risk appetite;

Patient’s information is kept confidential and less likely to have a breach the HIPPA law. Having regular charting system, things can easily get lost. Pages can come out of the chart without knowing really knowing or noticing; personnel’s handwriting may not be legible, which cause confusing for other staff and billing, and the list can go on. With the electronic medical records, the need for paper would be less.

EMR’s and charting are becoming a bigger part of an ever changing aspect in the world of healthcare and should be used more in the Emergency Department at GLWACH and in all Emergency Departments across the nation. With further research looking into ways to fix any glitches and provide continued upgrade of systems, EMR’s have the potential to reduce health care costs, improve efficiency, and to enhance the quality of care and patient safety that is provided by the nurse and the rest of the medical staff in the Emergency Department. At this time GLWACH Emergency Department does use paper charting but the paper charts do get scanned and uploaded onto a computerized system to be made part of their permanent EMR.

date, and that a new risk management plan must be developed. Because of the importance of risk

4 . Imagine that three of the greatest risk events presented themselves in worst-case scenarios. What would be some of these worst-case scenarios?

The global expansion project is for T-Mobile to expand its supply base into China in order to be successful in the global economy. Recognizing what the available alternatives are available when identifying risk can be beneficial to the project since the methods utilized can be easily accomplished. The responses for each identified risk may have an effect on the other areas with the project overall. The responses also assist in determining how reactive or proactive the project will be in the planning.

Progress. Over the last decade, the hospital has made a lot of progress regarding the use of HER’s. After the CPSI system was initiated, the transition from paper charts to computer charts began. Today, all charting is done electronically by all members of the healthcare team. From the dieticians to the physicians, everyone is trained and

Secondary impacts are linked to the project, though not directly caused by them, they are facilitated by them. These impacts are difficult to measure but they are important (Raiter et al., 2014).

I feel paper charting is cheap efficient way to chart but it leaves so much room for complications. Piggybacking off of Marylus' post I would like to add that errors in medication can be reduced significantly! How you ask? Well, after reading the article "Medication errors: prevention using information technology systems" I learned that one of the main problems with med errors are at the prescribing phase (sloppy writing and all). "CPOE [computerized physician order entry] systems have the largest impact on reducing medication errors, with reported error reductions of 55–83%." (Agrawal, 2009). Simply by making a order legible makes errors much less common. Unfortunately these programs can be costly for nursing homes, and smaller clinics.