Identifying the Risk Assessment Method Applicable to the Electronic Health Record Systems
Khin Than Win · 2004
Medical errors are of growing concern in the health care industry. As electronic health record systems are part of the healthcare system, a necessary requirement is that electronic health records are safe and dependable. Safety is the prevention of harm or risk to patients. Therefore risk assessment is needed to outline safety requirements of electronic health record systems. This article will identify the appropriate risk assessment method applicable to the electronic health record systems. Risk assessment methods in software engineering are explored and analysed to identify whether the risk assessment methods in other safety systems can be applied to the risk assessment of the electronic health record system. The study concluded that Failure Mode Effect Analysis is the suitable risk assessment method for the risk assessment of the electronic health record systems.