TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - The Importance of Information Technology in Pediatric Patient Safety
A1  - Frush, Karen S.
A1  - Krug, Steven E.
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 
T2  - Pediatric Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
AB  - Information  technology  is  currently  evolving  at  a  rapid  pace  and  its  application  in  healthcare  is  no  exception.  Health  information  technology  (HIT)  has  the  potential  for  revolutionizing  patient  safety  and  improving  healthcare  quality.  A  series  of  Institute  of  Medicine  (IOM)  reports  helped  catalyze  the  view  that  HIT  has  the  potential  for  improving  patient  safety  and  quality.  The  1999  IOM  Report  “To  err  is  human:  building  a  safer  health  system”  brought  to  the  forefront  the  problem  of  medical  errors  and  proposed  HIT  as  a  solution  for  reducing  those  errors.1  This  was  further  iterated  by  the  IOM  report  “Crossing  the  quality  chasm:  a  new  health  system  for  the  21st  century”  where  one  of  the  key  recommendations  was  the  application  of  health  information  technology  to  help  redesign  the  healthcare  system.  It  was  recognized  in  this  report  that  HIT  had  the  potential  for  impacting  all  six  aims  of  this  report:  safety,  effectiveness,  patient-centered,  timely  efficient,  and  equitable.2  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105561501
ER  -