| Contents |
Medical Errors and Technology to Prevent Them (2:27) -- Patient Safety and Electronic Health Records (2:48) -- Sharing Patient Databases Among Health Care Providers (4:03) -- Security Issues of Electronic Health Records (2:21) -- Military Use of Electronic Health Records (2:52) -- Expanded Functions of Military Electronic Health Records (2:30) -- Value of Electronic Records (2:44) -- Technology and the Future of Medicine (2:40) |
| Abstract |
Whether they are needed to ensure properly dispensed prescriptions, monitor a patient's recovery, or make an urgently needed diagnosis, accurate health records are crucial to a patient's safety. This program highlights the important work of health information technicians and shows how electronic health records can help make medical care both safer and more efficient. In-depth commentary on medical information technology and its challenges comes from Dr. David Bates, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Don Detmer, Professor of Medical Education at the University of Virginia. Both are leading experts in medical informatics. |
| General note | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Dec. 05, 2007. |
| General note | Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. |
| Access restriction | Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |
| Interest grade level |
11 & up. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Technical details | System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Source of description | Title from distributor's description. |
| Issued in other form | Originally produced: Information Television Network, 2007 9781604672237 |
| Genre/form | Educational films. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Videorecording. |
| Publisher number | 38791 Films Media Group |
