A new electronic health record (EHR) safety reporting system was announced by the iHealth Alliance, a not-for-profit organization composed of medical society and professional liability carrier executives in collaboration with federal agencies and PDR Network. EHRevent.org establishes a national system where physicians and other health care workers can report issues related to the implementation and use of EHRs.
Using a standardized online format, EHRevent will collect reports from physicians and other health care providers who use EHRs and create reports that medical societies, professional liability carriers, and government agencies, such as the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration, will use to help educate providers on the potential challenges that EHR systems may bring.
The system will be available directly via the internet at www.EHRevent.org and also integrated into the Web sites of participating liability carriers, medical societies, PDR Network and other partners, including EHR system vendors. Reports will be confidential, but used to better understand challenges associated with the adoption and implementation of EHRs and to improve patient safety.
“Electronic health records are being adopted at record rates and present an opportunity to advance patient care,” said Nancy Dickey, MD, iHealth Alliance chairperson and former president of the American Medical Association. “As with any new system, there is a learning curve for the software providers and for the doctors who use these systems. EHRevent will help us all get smarter about EHRs and assure that patient care advances are also patient-safe advances.”
Source: PDR Network
