About the study

Final Report of the eHealth for Safety Project

Download the final report here. (1,56 MB - PDF)

Study description

Please click here to download the project description (pdf, 90KB)

Study presentations

"eHealth for patient safety: towards a European research roadmap"
Veli Stroetmann, MD PhD
empirica Communication & Technology Research, Germany

Please click here to download the presentation (pdf, 202KB)

 

eHealth for Safety: global evidence and challenges
Jean-Pierre Thierry, MD
SYMBION

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Papers

ICT use can improve patient safety by enabling continuity of care, reducing duplicative examinations and prescribing errors and by avoiding miscommunication, which is at the centre of 80% of medical errors.
These findings of the eHealth for Safety study were presented by Empirica senior researcher Veli Stroetmann in an article in the journal European hospital (2007, Vol. 16, Issue 2, p. 22) which can be downloaded here:
(ICT improves patient safety.pdf (351KB))

ICT is an enabler for a safer healthcare environment. The key technologies and examples of implemented eHealth solutions were presented by the eHealth for Safety study team at empirica in an article in the IHE (International Hospital Equipment & Solutions, V. 32, No. 8 (Dec. 2006), pp. 12-13). To download the article, click here:
(Adv_ICT:PatSafety_IHE.pdf (438KB))

Please click here to download the paper "towards a European research rodmap"(pdf, 129KB)