You have been appointed to the Clinical Information Systems Committee, which is charged with looking at ways that automation can facilitate data collection for the next accreditation visit by the Joint Commission.
Click here to access The Joint Commission “Sentinel Event Alert 54: Safe Use of Health Information Technology” website. On this site listen to the podcast titled: Take 5: Safe Use of Health Information Technology and watch the video titled: Safe Health IT Saves Lives.
Then answer the following question:
List a minimum of two examples of how your facility demonstrates adherence to the Joint Commission health information technology standards and state your rationale for why you feel these examples display compliance.
Please click the links below to access:
The Joint Commission Safe Use of Health Information Technology
