It Application in Health Care

Introduction:

After surfing for hours online, I have come across several interesting literatures that deal with the four core IT applications. I was overwhelmed by so much information that I couldn’t even decide which literature to choose. But alas, I have come across a litereature entitled Patient Safety: The Role of Information Technology . I was quite exstatic after I read this article because this is one of the project my organization is trying to integrate in our clinical system. Since I work and sometimes also a patient of my organization, I am quite aware of the impact of Information Technology on patient’s safety. And I was hoping that by doing this report, I could gain a little insight on how the use of Information Technology improve the safety of medical patients.

Summary:

This article discusses the role of information technology (IT) in the reduction of

medical errors and the improvement of patient safety. The discussion begins with a

overview of the relationship between healthcare information technology and

patient