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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedSingh H, Sittig DF
Measuring and improving patient safety through health information technology: the Health IT Safety Framework.
The authors propose a new framework, the Health IT Safety (HITS) measurement framework, to provide a conceptual foundation for health IT-related patient safety measurement, monitoring, and improvement. The HITS framework follows both Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and sociotechnical approaches and calls for new measures and measurement activities to address safety concerns. A long term framework goal is to enable rigorous measurement that helps achieve the safety benefits of health IT in real-world clinical settings.
AHRQ-funded; HS022087.
Citation: Singh H, Sittig DF .
Measuring and improving patient safety through health information technology: the Health IT Safety Framework.
BMJ Qual Saf 2016 Apr;25(4):226-32. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004486.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Medical Errors, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Safety, Quality Measures
Singh H, Sittig DF
Setting the record straight on measuring diagnostic errors. Reply to: 'Bad assumptions on primary care diagnostic errors' by Dr Richard Young.
This letter responds to a letter by Dr. Richard Young who criticizes Singh’s article on measuring diagnostic error. Singh defends his systems-based approach to advancing the science of measuring diagnostic error and acknowledges some of the uncertainties and evolution in the diagnostic process that Dr. Young writes about.
AHRQ-funded; HS022087
Citation: Singh H, Sittig DF .
Setting the record straight on measuring diagnostic errors. Reply to: 'Bad assumptions on primary care diagnostic errors' by Dr Richard Young.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 May;24(5):345-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004140..
Keywords: Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Medical Errors, Patient Safety, Primary Care, Quality Measures
Singh H, Sittig DF
Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework.
The authors developed a multifaceted framework to advance the science of measuring diagnostic errors (The Safer Dx framework). They described how their framework serves as a conceptual foundation for system-wide safety measurement, monitoring, and improvement of diagnostic error. They posited that the Safer Dx framework can be used by a variety of stakeholders including researchers, clinicians, health care organizations, and policymakers, to stimulate both retrospective and more proactive measurement of diagnostic errors.
AHRQ-funded; HS022087.
Citation: Singh H, Sittig DF .
Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework.
BMJ Qual Saf 2015 Feb;24(2):103-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003675.
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Keywords: Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Health Information Technology (HIT), Medical Errors, Patient Safety, Quality Measures