An analysis of electronic health record-related patient safety incidents

The aim of this study was to analyse electronic health record-related patient safety incidents in the patient safety incident reporting database in fully digital hospitals in Finland. We compare Finnish data to similar international data and discuss their content with regard to the literature. We analysed the types of electronic health record-related patient safety incidents that occurred at 23 hospitals during a 2-year period. A procedure of taxonomy mapping served to allow comparisons. This study represents a rare examination of patient safety risks in a fully digital environment. The proportion of electronic health record-related incidents was markedly higher in our study than in previous studies with similar data. Human-computer interaction problems were the most frequently reported. The results show the possibility of error arising from the complex interaction between clinicians and computers.Peer reviewe

Electronic Health Records on the Top of Medical Device Incident Reports

Publisher Copyright: © 2022 European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and IOS Press.Medical Device incident reporting is a legal obligation for professional users in Finland. We analyzed all medical device incident reports recorded into the national incident repository from January 2014 to August 2021. Almost 30% of the total of 5,897 recorded incidents were caused by top ten devices, of which electronic health records were the most common (332 incidents). High number of incidents caused by electronic health records arouses safety concerns. A further analysis is required to explore the causes of findings.Peer reviewe

Medical Device Incident Reports by Professional Users in Finland 2014 2021

Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The authors and IOS Press.Medical Device incident reporting is a legal obligation for professional users in Finland. We analyzed all medical device incident reports recorded into the national incident repository from January 2014 to August 2021. Among the total 5,897 records, annual numbers of incident reports varied between 463 and 1,190. Approximately 80% of the medical device incident reports were near misses, 18.7% were person injuries and 1.3% deaths. The number of annual medical device incident reports between hospital districts varied more than expected when related to the population of catchment area. There was a tendency towards lesser reports per population from smaller hospital districts. In conclusion, medical device incident reporting activity of the professional user varied both annually and geographically. A high number of incidents caused person injuries or even death, which arouses safety concerns. A further analysis is required to explore the causes behind our findings.Peer reviewe

Takkuavat tietojärjestelmämme

Potilastietojärjestelmien toimintahäiriöt ja käyttövirheet vaikuttavat monin tavoin potilasturvallisuuteen. Erityisesti suunnittelematon käyttökatko sairaalaympäristössä – kuten hiljattain tapahtui HUS:ssa – aiheuttaa riskin, jota pitää pystyä hallitsemaan nykyistä paremmin

Factors affecting patient safety: a qualitative content analysis

Background: Patient safety is one of the main components of good-quality health services. The main objective of this study is to explore the most effective factors relating to patient safety in Iran.Methods: This qualitative study was done using content analysis. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. Through purposive sampling, 14 participants were selected by experts who were familiar with the patient safety friendly hospital program. Interviews were recorded and then analyzed by framework analysis using MAXQDA software.Results: Of 2,474 initial codes, 10 main themes and 53 sub-themes were identified, including importance of human resources; organization and management; interactions and teamwork; medication; equipment and physical environment; patient-related factors; patient safety and quality improvement; the importance of documentation; assessment and monitoring; medical errors; barriers and challenges.Conclusion: Factors affecting patient safety can be divided into two groups: facilitators and barriers. Hospitals can improve the implementation of patient safety standards, reduce the adverse events and enhance patient safety by strengthening facilitating factors, such as providing human resources, adequate medical equipment and facilities, increasing employee participation in quality improvement programs, improving staff training, communicating with patients and their families, and addressing the existing challenges and barriers.[Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2019; 33(2):73-80]Key words: Patient safety, safety, patient, patient's safety friendly hospitals, hospita

Reporting medical device safety incidents to regulatory authorities : An analysis and classification of technology-induced errors

The European Union Medical Device Directive 2007/47/EC1 defines software with a medical purpose as a medical device. The implementation of health information technology suffers from patient safety problems that require effective post-market surveillance. The purpose of this study was to review, classify and discuss the incident data submitted to a nationwide database of the Finnish National Competent Authority with other forms of data. We analysed incident reports submitted to the authority database by users of electronic health records from 2010 to 2015. We identified 138 valid reports. Adverse events associated with electronic health record vulnerabilities, clustered around certain error types, cause serious harm and occur in all types of healthcare settings. The low rate of reported incidents raises questions about not only the challenges associated with medical software oversight but also the obstacles for reporting.Peer reviewe

Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare

Medical Device incident reporting is a legal obligation for professional users in Finland. We analyzed all medical device incident reports recorded into the national incident repository from January 2014 to August 2021. Among the total 5,897 records, annual numbers of incident reports varied between 463 and 1,190. Approximately 80% of the medical device incident reports were near misses, 18.7% were person injuries and 1.3% deaths. The number of annual medical device incident reports between hospital districts varied more than expected when related to the population of catchment area. There was a tendency towards lesser reports per population from smaller hospital districts. In conclusion, medical device incident reporting activity of the professional user varied both annually and geographically. A high number of incidents caused person injuries or even death, which arouses safety concerns. A further analysis is required to explore the causes behind our findings

Vapaaehtoisen vaaratapahtumajärjestelmän kehittäminen korkean kehitysasteen potilastietojärjestelmissä

Vertaisarvioitu. English abstract.Peer reviewe

Vapaaehtoisen vaaratapahtumajärjestelmän kehittäminen korkean kehitysasteen potilastietojärjestelmissä

Vertaisarvioitu. English abstract.Peer reviewe

Critical factors in the information management process: the analysis of hospital-based patient safety incident reports

The purpose of this study is to describe the nature of patient safety incidents relating to information management and to identify critical factors for a safe information management process in a university hospital. A total of 813 information management incidents in hospital-based adverse event reports were analyzed using directed content analysis. Descriptive statistics and cross tabulations were used to quantify the results. The results of this study showed that the majority of incidents occurred during the information distribution phase. The most frequent incidents fell into the category of written information transfer and communication; furthermore, many of these incidents concerned medication data. There was a high amount of inaccurate data and omissions in the different phases of the information management process. Information organization and storage, information distribution, and information use phases are critical in terms of patient safety, and a high proportion of the problems in this area are potentially preventable. It is thus essential to develop more effective strategies to ensure safe information management. The data from this study also suggest that while incident reports can help to identify breakdowns in the information management process, the quality of reporting needs to be improved