The Computer-Assisted Patient Consultation

2011 ◽  
pp. 160-171
Author(s):  
Aviv Shachak ◽  
Shmuel Reis
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Patient Consultation ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Improve Patient

The implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) holds the promise to improve patient safety and quality of care, as well as opening new ways to educate patients and engage them in their own care. On the other hand, EHR use also changes clinicians’ workflow, introduces new types of errors, and can distract the doctor’s attention from the patient. The purpose of this chapter is to explore these issues from a micro-level perspective, focusing on the patient consultation. The chapter shows the fine balance between beneficial and unfavorable impacts of using the EHR during consultations on patient safety and patient-centered care. It demonstrates how the same features that contribute to greater efficiency may cause potential risk to the patient, and points to some of the strategies, best practices, and enabling factors that may be used to leverage the benefits of the EHR. In particular, the authors point to the role that medical education should play in preparing practitioners for the challenges of the new, computerized, environment of 21st century medicine.

The Computer-Assisted Patient Consultation

2010 ◽  
pp. 72-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aviv Shachak ◽  
Shmuel Reis
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Patient Consultation ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Improve Patient

The implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) holds the promise to improve patient safety and quality of care, as well as opening new ways to educate patients and engage them in their own care. On the other hand, EHR use also changes clinicians’ workflow, introduces new types of errors, and can distract the doctor’s attention from the patient. The purpose of this chapter is to explore these issues from a micro-level perspective, focusing on the patient consultation. The chapter shows the fine balance between beneficial and unfavorable impacts of using the EHR during consultations on patient safety and patient-centered care. It demonstrates how the same features that contribute to greater efficiency may cause potential risk to the patient, and points to some of the strategies, best practices, and enabling factors that may be used to leverage the benefits of the EHR. In particular, the authors point to the role that medical education should play in preparing practitioners for the challenges of the new, computerized, environment of 21st century medicine.

scholarly journals Summary of the International Patient Safety Conference, June 28—29, 2019, Kathmandu, Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepak C. Bajracharya ◽  
Kshitij Karki ◽  
Chhiring Yangjen Lama ◽  
Rajesh Dhoj Joshi ◽  
Shankar Man Rai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
World Health ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Improve Patient

AbstractGlobally, medical errors are associated with an estimated $42 billion in costs to healthcare systems. A variety of errors in the delivery of healthcare have been identified by the World Health Organization and it is believed that about 50% of all errors are preventable. Initiatives to improve patient safety are now garnering increased attention across a range of countries in all regions of the world. From June 28--29, 2019, the first International Patient Safety Conference (IPSC) was held in Kathmandu, Nepal and attended by over 200 healthcare professionals as well as hospital, government, and non-governmental organization leaders. During the conference, presentations describing the experience with errors in healthcare and solutions to minimize future occurrence of adverse events were presented. Examples of systems implemented to prevent future errors in patient care were also described. A key outcome of this conference was the initiation of conversations and communication among important stakeholders for patient safety. In addition, attendees and dignitaries in attendance all reaffirmed their commitment to furthering actions in hospitals and other healthcare facilities that focus on reducing the risk of harm to patients who receive care in the Nepali healthcare system. This conference provides an important springboard for the development of patient-centered strategies to improve patient safety across a range of patient care environments in public and private sector healthcare institutions.

scholarly journals Technovigilance and risk management as tools to improve patient safety in Colombian health care institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Mauricio González Vargas ◽  
Ana María Sánchez Benavides ◽  
Andrés Felipe Betancourt Hernández ◽  
Carlos David Mantilla Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Health Care Institutions ◽  
Improve Patient

This paper presents the results of a survey about technovigilance carried out in 21 clinical institutions from the southwest of Colombia. It also provides an analysis of how these programs take into account different risk management methodologies in order to create awareness of the importance of patient safety in all members of the staff and improve the quality of the health services provided.

scholarly journals Introduction to the Rule Book of Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy Certification

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-232
Author(s):  
Won Suk Park
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Endoscopic Retrograde ◽  
Endoscopic Procedures ◽  
Certification System ◽  
Systematic Training ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
Improve Patient ◽  
Biliary Endoscopy

An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure requires the highest level of difficulty among endoscopic procedures and the complications related to the procedure is relatively high, and fatal. Training in ERCP requires the development of technical, cognitive, and integrative skills well beyond those needed for standard endoscopic procedures. Therefore, a system that certifies qualifications through objective and systematic training and examination is needed to improve patient safety and quality of medical services. This manuscript introduces a set of rules that contain all the necessary matters for the certification system of pancreatic and biliary endoscopy.

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