I (error may have contributed to or resulted in patient’s death): 3, 2% Pennsylvania 2012 State-based USA inpatient, EHR 3,099 0% (1) R: Pennsylvania Patient Majority of EHR-related reports involved Patient Safety patient outpatient Safety Reporting System errors in human data entry, such as entry of Authority (25) safety (PA-PSRS). “wrong” data or the failure to enter data, incident and a few reports indicated technical HIT: Magrabi et al. reporting failures on the part of the EHR system. classification system Incident: Unsafe Conditions (A)= 320, 10% C: reporter classified using Incident: No Harm (B1-D) =2763, 89% National Coordinating Serious Event: Temporary Harm (E-F)=15, Council for Medication 0% Error Reporting and Serious Event: Significant Harm (G-I)= 1, 0% Prevention’s (NCC MERP) Index for Categorizing Medication Errors. *consequences were available for 68 incidents. Abbreviations: HIT: health information technology; Observ: Observational study ; CPOE: computerised provider order entry; EHR: electronic health record; ePS: electronic prescribing system; CDS: clinical decision support; ADS: automated dispensing system; AutoDisp: automated dispensation of medication; eMAR electronic medication administration record; AED: automated error detection system; PIC: Pharmacy information system; LIS: laboratory information system.
I (error may have contributed to or resulted in patient’s death): 3, 2% Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (25) 2012 State-based patient safety incident reporting system USA inpatient, outpatient EHR 3,099 0% (1) R: Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS). HIT: Magrabi et al. classification C: reporter classified using National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention’s (NCC MERP) Index for Categorizing Medication Errors. Majority of EHR-related reports involved errors in human data entry, such as entry of “wrong” data or the failure to enter data, and a few reports indicated technical failures on the part of the EHR system. Incident: Unsafe Conditions (A)= 320, 10% Incident: No Harm (B1-D) =2763, 89% Serious Event: Temporary Harm (E-F)=15, 0% Serious Event: Significant Harm (G-I)= 1, 0% *consequences were available for 68 incidents. Abbreviations: HIT: health information technology; Observ: Observational study ; CPOE: computerised provider order entry; EHR: electronic health record; ePS: electronic prescribing system; CDS: clinical decision support; ADS: automated dispensing system; AutoDisp: automated dispensation of medication; eMAR electronic medication administration record; AED: automated error detection system; PIC: Pharmacy information system; LIS: laboratory information system.