Developed by nonprofit research organization RTI International with the input of a task force comprised of RTI-selected members, the roadmap outlines a five-year plan to develop a proposed National Health IT Safety Center. The Center’s two key objectives would be using health IT to make care safety and continuously improving the safety of health IT.
The task force identified key focus areas for the Center, including developing solutions to address health IT-related safety events, improving the identification and sharing of information on health IT-related safety events, reporting evidence of health It safety and solutions and promoting health IT safety education and the appropriate use of health IT.
According to an ONC blog post by Andrew Gettinger, MD, ONC’s CMIO and acting director of the Office of Clinical Quality and Safety, the task force did not deem the Center to be a regulatory body; rather, it was seen as a tool to promote health IT safety by gathering stakeholders and interested parties and spreading best practices.
“It is up to all of us who are working for the safe and secure use of health IT to move forward to a place where clinicians are not just satisfied with their work systems but where they couldn’t possibly imagine providing clinical care without them,” Dr. Gettinger wrote.
More articles on health IT:
50 leaders in health IT
Opinion: Interoperability is an ethical issue
Epic develops CDS tool for falls; GE Healthcare’s 4D ultrasound tech used at Aurora St. Luke’s; athenahealth adds to More Disruption Please marketplace — 10 health IT key notes
Becker’s 3rd Annual Fall Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit is the top tier event that the people leading the future of pharmacy convene. This 3-day event is built specifically for Chief Pharmacy Officers and senior pharmacy leaders. The sessions examine the workforce, financial and clinical priorities shaping pharmacy today. Becker’s is where candid discussions flourish and new ideas thrive. Becker's 3rd Annual Fall Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit
