Reduction in malpractice claims follows use of electronic health records
Patient Safety Monitor Insider, June 27, 2012
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Patient Safety Monitor Insider!
Electronic medical records may cause a decrease in malpractice claims, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School. Physicians in Massachusetts experienced drops in the number of malpractice claims following the use of electronic medical records, though researchers were unable to determine a direct link between the two. After tracking malpractice cases for 275 physicians between 2005 and 2007, researchers estimated malpractice claims were 84% less likely after electronic medical records were adopted.
Researchers note that the study was limited to a select group of physicians in Massachusetts and that factors other than electronic health records, such as physicians’ styles of medicine and changes to the state’s healthcare system, could account for the reduction of malpractice claims.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Patient Safety Monitor Insider!
Related Products
-
Patient Safety Monitor
Patient Safety Monitor features a fully customizable, Web-based crosswalk that organizes state, CMS, and Joint Commission...
-
Patient Safety Monitor Insider
This e-mail newsletter provides healthcare professionals with the latest patient safety news, while offering useful...
-
The No-Hassle Guide to EHR Policies, 2nd Edition
This second edition from EHR expert Margret Amatayakul provides the tools you need to develop effective HIPAA-compliant EHR...
-
HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule: Stay Compliant With 2013 Changes
Is your organization ready to comply with the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule? Our experts help you understand the Rule and help...
-
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule
Understand the HIPAA Omnibus Rule and what you must do to ensure compliance
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Note from Hugh
- Depressing Leapfrog scores haunt hospitals
- Q/A: How should we report irradiated blood products?
- 2014 SNF Proposed Rule Analysis: Revising and rebasing the SNF market basket
- Reminder: MDS correction policy to be updated effective May 19
- Advanced practice nurses shouldn’t be left behind in meaningful use journey
- Ask the expert: BIMS assessment
- CMS issues transmittal to update the Medicare Provider Reimbursement Manual
- Report: Nearly 10 percent of patients have C.diff at admission
- CMS corrects edit 84, deletes modifiers
- E-mailed
-
- Georgia hospitals scrambling to create residency positions
- Q/A: How should we report irradiated blood products?
- CMS looking for comments on molecular pathology payments
- Tip of the week: Build a successful website to impress candidates
- Applying multiple procedure payment reductions to therapy cap amounts for Critical Access Hospital (CAH) claims
- Don't burn those ICD-9-CM Manuals just yet
- Joint Commission seeks input on behavioral health home certification
- Report: Nearly 10 percent of patients have C.diff at admission
- Depressing Leapfrog scores haunt hospitals
- HCA initiative boosts flu shots among hospital workers
- Searched