title: The impact of electronic health records on client safety in aged care homes.
abstract: This study collects and critically reviews the published literature to synthesize the risk factors for client safety in residential aged care and the potential contributions of electronic health records to reducing these risks. Three major types of risk factors for client safety were identified: risk factors related to the person's health; those related to the health and aged care system serving the person and those related to human error. Multiple strategies at all levels of an aged care organization are needed to reduce risks and improve client safety. Electronic health records can be one of the effective organizational mechanisms because it improves access to better information and integrates intelligent functions to support point-of-care decision making.
authors.affiliation: Health Information Technology Research Center, School of Information Systems and Technology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Health Information Technology Research Center, School of Information Systems and Technology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D061214:Patient Safety; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*