E-Health Technologies and Improving Patient Safety: Exploring Organizational Factors

ISBN-13: 9781466626577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 374 str.

Anastasius Moumtzoglou; Anastasia Kastania

Opis

Advancements in technology regularly influence the healthcare field and developing aspects on medical patient safety. Implementing electronic health records, decision support systems, and computerized physician order entry systems reduces risk in the potential for e-health to make errors leading to adverse events. E-Health Technologies and Improving Patient Safety: Exploring Organizational Factors presents an overview on information and communication technologies and addresses the impacts on the field of both patient safety and e-health. This book offers insightful perspectives and concentrated research on concepts related to these areas, as well as issues and current trends in patient safety in e-health.