Table 3.
Major potential patient harm errors
| Error observed | Incorrect patient | Incorrect blood glucose level | Incorrect test/order collection date entered | Data lost during text transfer (no EHR record created) | Data entered in incorrect EHR field | Section of EHR missed | Incorrect significant word entered (diagnostic) | Significant word entered (diagnostic) | Misrecognition of word by SR | Element of EHR down, eg, vitals | Total errors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple task KBM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Simple task SR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 29 |
| Complex task KBM | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Complex task SR | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 |