Dashboards for visual display of patient safety data: a systematic review.

Daniel R Murphy; April Savoy; Tyler Satterly; Dean F Sittig; Hardeep Singh

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Dashboards for visual display of patient safety data: a systematic review.

October 27, 2021

Murphy DR, Savoy A, Satterly T, et al. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2021;28(1):e100437.

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Dashboards can provide real-time quality and safety data to frontline providers. This systematic review found limited information on the direct impact of patient safety dashboards on reducing patient safety events. The authors also note that dashboard design processes are rarely based on informatics or human factors principles, which may impede implementation and use.

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