Health Information Systems - Managing Clinical Risk (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This is a practical book for health and IT professionals who need to ensure that patient safety is prioritized in the design and implementation of clinical information technology. Healthcare professionals are increasingly reliant on information technology to deliver care and inform their clinical decision making. Health IT provides enormous benefits in efficiency, communication and decision making. However a number of high-profile UK and US studies have concluded that when Health IT is poorly designed or sub-optimally implemented then patient safety can be compromised. Manufacturers and healthcare organizations are increasingly required to demonstrate that their Health IT solutions are proactively assured. Surprisingly the majority of systems are not subject to regulation so there is little in the way of practical guidance as to how risk management can be achieved. The book fills that gap. The author, a doctor and IT professional, harnesses his two decades of experience to characterize the hazards that health technology can introduce. Risk can never be eliminated but by drawing on lessons from other safety-critical industries the book systematically sets out how clinical risk can be strategically controlled. The book proposes the employment of a Safety Case to articulate and justify residual risk so that not only is risk proactively managed but it is seen to be managed. These simple techniques drive product quality and allow a technology's benefits to be realized without compromising patient safety.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Health Informatics
Release date:	2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Adrian Stavert-Dobson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	305
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-26610-7
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Health & safety aspects of computing Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Hospital administration & management Promotions
LSN:	3-319-26610-1
Barcode:	9783319266107

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