Association of Hospital Public Quality Reporting With Electronic Health Record Medication Safety Performance

Abstract

Key Points Question Is receiving publicly reported negative feedback regarding EHR medication safety associated with hospitals improving their performance in the next year? Findings In this nonrandomized controlled trial using national data from 1183 hospitals, hospitals that received negative publicly reported feedback improved a statistically significant 8.44 percentage points more on their EHR medication safety performance in the subsequent year compared with hospitals that received positive feedback. Meaning These findings suggest that publicly reported quality feedback may be an effective tool to encourage hospital EHR medication safety alerts consistent with current standards.