Identifying Electronic Health Record Contributions to Diagnostic Error in Ambulatory Settings Through Legal Claims Analysis
Seth Krevat, Sunil Samuel, Christian Boxley, Vishnu Mohan, Dana Siegal, Jeffrey A. Gold, Raj M. Ratwani
Abstract
This qualitative study analyzes closed legal claims data to determine whether problems with electronic health records are associated with diagnostic errors, in which part of the diagnostic process errors occur, and the specific types of errors that occur.
Topics & Concepts
Electronic health recordHealth recordsAmbulatoryMedicineData scienceData miningPsychologyComputer scienceLawPolitical scienceHealth careInternal medicineClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesElectronic Health Records Systems