An analysis of the structure and content of dashboards used to monitor patient safety in the inpatient setting

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The objective of this study is to review and compare patient safety dashboards used by hospitals and identify similarities and differences in their design, format, and scope. We reviewed design features of electronic copies of patient safety dashboards from a representative sample of 10 hospitals. The results show great heterogeneity in the format, presentation, and scope of patient safety dashboards. Hospitals varied in their use of performance indicators (targets, trends, and benchmarks), style of color coding, and timeframe for the displayed metrics. The average number of metrics per dashboard display was 28, with a wide range from 7 to 84. Given the large variation in dashboard design, there is a need for future work to assess which approaches are associated with the best outcomes, and how specific elements contribute to usability, to help customize dashboards to meet the needs of different clinical, and operational stakeholders.

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Kuznetsova, M., Frits, M. L., Dulgarian, S., Iannaccone, C., Mort, E., Bates, D. W., & Salmasian, H. (2021). An analysis of the structure and content of dashboards used to monitor patient safety in the inpatient setting. JAMIA Open, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooab096

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