Computerisation of Clinical Pathways

Computerisation of Clinical Pathways

Author: 
Tehrani, Jasmine
Place: 
Hershey
Publisher: 
IGI Global
Date published: 
2013
Editor: 
Michell, Vaughan
Journal Title: 
Handbook of Research on Patient Safety and Quality Care through Health Informatics
Source: 
Handbook of Research on Patient Safety and Quality Care through Health Informatics
Abstract: 

Patient safety incidents are becoming more common in medical situations. The challenge of achieving significant improvements in patient safety is one of the key tasks facing healthcare at the start of the 21st century. Clinical pathways and clinical guidelines provide a measure of standardisation to help reduce medical error, but are often manually created and also prone to human error. This chapter explores the error issues regarding clinical pathways. It presents a method for generating clinical pathways from a semiotic perspective that can addresses social and informal/safety factors which conspire to influence the outcome of patient interaction and safety.

Series: 
Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration

CITATION: Tehrani, Jasmine. Computerisation of Clinical Pathways edited by Michell, Vaughan . Hershey : IGI Global , 2013. Handbook of Research on Patient Safety and Quality Care through Health Informatics - Available at: https://library.au.int/computerisation-clinical-pathways