Promoting Patient Safety and Enabling Evidence-Based Practice Through Informatics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9104097 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Bakken (0000-0001-6202-6001, Columbia University), James J Cimino (0000-0003-4101-1622, Columbia University), George Hripcsak (0000-0003-2664-7614, Columbia University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | II-49 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/01.mlr.0000109125.00113.f4 |
| PMID | 14734942 |
| OpenAlex | W2092712728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 57 |
OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this article are to highlight the role of informatics in promoting patient safety and enabling evidence-based practice (EBP), 2 significant aspects for assuring healthcare quality; to delineate some challenges for the future; and to provide key recommendations for education, practice, policy, and research. METHODS: First, we describe the components of an informatics infrastructure for patient safety and evidence-based practice. Second, we address the role of informatics in 4 areas: 1) information access; 2) automated surveillance for real-time error detection and prevention; 3) communication among members of the healthcare team; and 4) standardization of practice patterns. Last, we delineate some future challenges for nursing and for informatics and provide key recommendations for education, practice, policy, and research. RESULTS: The components of an informatics infrastructure are available and applications that bring together these components to promote patient safety and enable EBP have demonstrated positive or promising results. CONCLUSIONS: Challenges must be addressed so that an informatics infrastructure and related applications that promote patient safety and enable EBP can be realized
Alternative medicine · Computer security · Engineering informatics · Evidence-based practice · Health Administration Informatics · Health care · Health informatics tools · Informatics · Key (lock) · Knowledge management · Patient safety · Political science · Public health · Quality (philosophy) · Standardization · Computer Science · Electronic Health Records Systems · Engineering · Health Informatics · Hospital Admissions and Outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Safety and Medication Errors
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |