Background: The electronic health record (EHR) and health care provider workflow process may contribute to patient misidentification or wrong-patient errors. When self-caught by the provider, these errors are classified as near-miss errors. When these errors reach the patient, they can result in serious harm. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Patient [...]

Background: Wrong-patient order entry errors are common and often have the potential to cause patient harm. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Patient Identification SAFER Guide recommends displaying patient photographs in Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to reduce wrong-patient errors; however, only a small proportion of hospitals nationally utilize patient photographs. A [...]