Abstract
Health information technology (HIT) systems have been deployed extensively by healthcare organizations and promoted as a panacea to many of the challenges faced by medical imaging departments, particularly with respect to workflow, efficiency and diagnostic accuracy. This report describes how inadequate planning, integration, training and testing of HIT can impact on patient safety and result in patient harm.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 20150107 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | BJR case reports |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Health information technology (HIT)
- HIT systems
- medical imaging
- medical imaging departments
- diagnostic accuracy
- patient safety
- patient harm
- picture archiving systems (PACS)
- Radiology Events Register (RaER)