Association of patient photographs and reduced retract-and-reorder events.
Rzewnicki D, Kanvinde A, Gillespie S, et al. Association of patient photographs and reduced retract-and-reorder events. JAMIA Open. 2024;7(3):ooae042. doi:10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae042.
Patient misidentification can lead to serious patient safety risks. In this study, conducted at one pediatric hospital system, the presence of a patient photograph in the electronic health record (EHR) associated with a 40% reduction in the odds of retract-and-reorder events, a surrogate measure of wrong-patient order entry