Association of display of patient photographs in the electronic health record with wrong-patient order entry errors.
Salmasian H, Blanchfield BB, Joyce K, et al. Association of display of patient photographs in the electronic health record with wrong-patient order entry errors. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(11):e2019652. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19652.
Patient misidentification can lead to serious patient safety risks. In this large academic medical center, displaying patient photographs in the electronic health record (EHR) resulted in fewer wrong-patient order entry errors. The authors suggest this may be a simple and cost-effective strategy for reducing wrong-patient errors.