"As the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) increases across healthcare, so has awareness of new patient safety risks that the technology has either introduced or exposed. The very same EHR being counted on to improve communication, safety, and continuity of care across multiple settings and providers turns out to have features that can have the opposite effect."
WIHI: Optimizing Safety with the Electronic Health Record: The Latest on Glitches and Fixes from the Frontlines (audio broadcast)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
November 2014
Access the broadcast here.
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