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The contribution of electronic health records to risk management through accreditation of residential aged care homes in Australia.

Ping YuTao JiangDavid HaileyJun MaSiyu Qian
Published in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2020)
Sub-optimal outcomes have limited the effectiveness of accreditation in driving and monitoring risk management for care recipient safety in RAC homes. Although EHR is an important structure and process component for RAC services, it made a limited contribution to risk management for accreditation in Australian RAC homes. Either EHR was not effective, or the accreditation process was not robust enough to recognize its influence. Aged care accreditation in Australia needs to develop further outcome-based measures that are supported by robust data infrastructure and clear guidance.
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