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Health information exchange and patient safety

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Kaelber, David C., Bates, David W.·2007·Journal of Biomedical Informatics

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One of the most promising advantages for health information exchange (HIE) is improved patient safety. Up to 18% of the patient safety errors generally and as many as 70% of adverse drug events could be eliminated if the right information about the right patient is available at the right time. Health information exchange makes this possible. Here we present an overview of six different ways in which HIE can improve patient safety-improved medication information processing, improved laboratory information processing, improved radiology information processing, improved communication among providers, improved communication between patients and providers, and improved public health information processing. Within the area of improved medication information processing we discuss drug-allergy information processing, drug-dose information processing, drug-drug information processing, drug-diagnosis information processing, and drug-gene information processing. We also briefly discuss HIE and decreased patient safety as well as standards and completeness of information for HIE and patient safety.

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Authors
Kaelber, D. C., & Bates, D. W.
Affiliations
Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Bates, David W.
Venue
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-12
Volume
40
Issue
6
Pages
S40-S45
ISSN
1532-0464 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2108396907
Cited by
206
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Biomedical Informatics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Patient Safety and Medication Errors
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
Keywords
health information exchange, patient safety, adverse drug reactions, drug-drug interactions, drug-gene interactions, provider communication, patient-provider communication, information completeness
MeSH terms
Consumer Product Safety, Information Systems, Medical Informatics, United States, Program Evaluation, Patient Rights, Information Dissemination

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