Reflect on the benefits of the Electronic Health Record for Improving Safety and Quality... Have you ever seen this happen? Human Factors in Healthcare EHR systems have many benefits that has "significantly transformed healthcare, enhancing care coordination and improving patient outcomes" (Ibrahim et al., 2024, p. 2). With these benefits come mountainous challenges with quality, patient safety and confidentiality. EHRs help to improve the quality of care through carefully being designed to keep patient information integrity intact. Furthermore, CPOE has been a positive effect on patient care, "demonstrating a 85% reduction in medication prescribing error rates and a 12% reduction in ICU mortality" (Tewfik et al., 2024, p. 679) Other pros of EHR systems include: "clinical decision support systems, computerized physician order entry, effective information transfer and improved documentation, guideline adherence and reduced medication errors" Tewfik et al....
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