Question

Neehr Perfect Activity: Cause and Effect: These errors are a result of flaws in the design of the EHR. Identify two ways that these HIT flaws, or errors, could be prevented with better HIT design. Be specific in your solution

Answer 1

In order to prevent potential medication errors in which the wrong medication is given to a patient or the wrong patient is given a medication order, whomever is entering the order is required to fully type out the first and last name, middle initial if applicable, and their medical record number in order to enter their chart. It may at first seem tedious but it ensures that the right patient gets the right medication. Another solution could be that every time you select a patient’s chart it prompts the user with a warning if there’s a similar patient currently admitted to ensure that the nurse or whomever is trying to access or admit a patient / chart has the right patient.