Implementing the Clinical Dashboard at VCUHS.

Abstract

Medical errors are an enormous problem in the health care industry. With the growing prominence of electronic medical records, new tools are becoming available to reduce the risk of errors. A clinical dashboard is one tool that is being employed in health systems to reduce medical error and improve clinician communication. The aim of this paper is to review how a clinical dashboard tool has been implemented at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS ) with the intention of reducing preventable medical errors.