Improving governance and reducing risk in electronic patient record systems: ensuring appropriate competencies for support and end-user staff.
As clinical health information systems, particularly Electronic Patient Records, become widely used, so it is important to address the Governance and Risk Reduction policies needed to ensure their safe and effective use. Greater emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring that all staff involved have relevant, recognized competencies. This paper describes two initiatives--one for health informatics staff, and one for end-user health professionals--ensure and assess such competencies
Rigby
Michael
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Centre for Health Planning and Management, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. m.j.rigby@keele.ac.uk
D003197:Computer Literacy; D003200:Computer User Training / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012306:Risk