Engaging patients in the use of real-time electronic clinical data to improve the safety and reliability of their own care.

Kumiko O. Schnock; Stephanie Roulier; Jorie Butler; Patricia C. Dykes; Julie M. Fiskio; Bryan Gibson; Stuart Lipsitz; Susanne Miller; Shimon Shaykevich; David W. Bates; David Classen

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Engaging patients in the use of real-time electronic clinical data to improve the safety and reliability of their own care.

May 4, 2022

Schnock KO, Roulier S, Butler J, et al. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(2):e407-e413.

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Patient safety dashboards are used to communicate real-time patient data to appropriately augment care. This study found that higher usage of an electronic patient safety dashboard resulted in lower 30-day readmission rates among patients discharged from adult medicine units compared to lower usage groups.

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