Research method assignment 1-2 pages. See Sample paper and ALL attachments for guidance.

Methods

The research for this systematic review was conducted by using comprehensive, general, main heading, and cited reference searches throughout the National University Smart Search, EBSCO Host, ProQuest, and Google Scholar databases. An IRB application of analysis of existing data was filed and approved by the IRB. No human subjects were involved in this study.

A comprehensive search was conducted with the National University Smart Search and following keywords: ‘diagnostic error’, ‘medical error’, ‘diagnosis error’, ‘health information technology’, ‘information storage & retrieval system’, ‘electronic health record’, ‘medical informatics’, ‘information technology’, ‘computerized physician order entry’, ‘clinical decision support system’, ‘emergency department’, ‘emergency’, ‘emergency medical services’, ‘emergency room’ and ‘emergency medicine’. The publication date range was from 2005 to 2015.

A general search was performed in ProQuest by using the Boolean term, ‘AND’ with the following key terms: ‘diagnostic error prevention’, ‘health information technology’ and ‘emergency department patients’. The publication date range was from 2000 to 2015.

A main heading search was performed in EBSCO Host including the Boolean terms: ‘AND’, ‘OR’ and ‘MH’ with the publication date range 2005-2015. The search terms that were used included ‘MH diagnostic errors’ OR ‘MH health care errors’ OR ‘MH medication errors’ OR ‘MH treatment errors’ AND ‘health information systems’ OR ‘health information technology’ OR ‘clinical information systems’ AND ‘emergency’.

A cited reference search was conducted in Google Scholar using the article, “Reducing Medical Errors and Adverse Events” by Edwards and Moczygemba. The studies reviewed used the article “Reducing Medical Errors and Adverse Events” as a reference.

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria for all searches consists of articles that pertained to the main themes of this systematic review: medical error, diagnostic error, BCMA, CPOE, CDSS, EMR, EHR, barriers to HIT, costs of HIT, government reimbursement for HIT, and emergency departments. The date range was 2000-2015 to obtain articles that were up-to-date. The comprehensive search of National University Smart Search and EBSCO Host databases included dates 2005-2015 to narrow down the search results even further.

Exclusion Criteria

Articles that were excluded did not relate to the main themes of this paper: medical error, diagnostic error, BCMA, CPOE, CDSS, EMR, EHR, barriers to HIT, costs of HIT, government reimbursement for HIT, and emergency departments. The dates before 2000 were also excluded.