Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge -

1. HEALTH 2.0
DEVELOPER CHALLENGE
Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge
Team: RCHI

2. Introduction
• Two advanced web applications to collect and analyze EHR usability
and patient safety events – EHR Support Center and & Safety Net
Tool
• Alignment with Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
common format v1.2 for Patient Safety Organization
• Move away from paper “incident” report forms to an automated
approach to monitoring and evaluating occurrence, near misses and
unsafe conditions for facilities and hospitals

3. Applications
Patient Safety EHR usability
• Design with current AHRQ • Identify and report EHR usability
common format for PSO and technical issues
• Error prevention monitoring • Serve as an electronic help desk
• Data aggregation and for vendor and RECs
standardized reporting • Connect with patient safety tool

4. Design & Architecture
• Server-Client Application
• Classic three-tiers architecture
• Web-based
• Compliable with all major web browsers
– IE, Chrome and Firefox
• Email notification system
• Advanced reporting capability
• Programming Languages
• PHP (framework)
• JavaScript (framework)
• ActionScript

5. Benefits
• Web-based, Online Application
• Direct access and available 24/7
• Zero install and low spec required
• Centralized data management
• Easy server side updates and maintenances
• Safety Net & EHR Helpdesk tool
• Improve patient safety and quality of care
• Improve outcomes and performance
• E-reporting, eliminate papers and incident reports forms
• Opportunities to identify contributing factors
• Standardized reporting across facilities providing benchmarking
• Adaptable with exiting EHR system