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ArticleThe New England journal of medicine2012

Electronic health records and national patient-safety goals.

Dean F Sittig, Hardeep Singh

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Article in The New England journal of medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dean F SittigUniversity of Texas-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, USA.
Hardeep Singh

Funding

Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients with Known or Suspected CancerR18HS017820 · AHRQ · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SINGH, HARDEEP · 2008 to 2010
$1.2M
Reducing Missed And Delayed Diagnoses In Cancer: Lessons From AviationK23CA125585 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SINGH, HARDEEP · 2007 to 2011
$709k
AHRQ HHS R18 HS017820AHRQ HHS R18HS017820NCI NIH HHS K23 CA125585NCI NIH HHS K23CA125585
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hospitals and clinics are adapting to new technologies and implementing electronic health records, but the efforts need to be aligned explicitly with goals for patient safety. EHRs bring the risks of both technical failures and inappropriate use, but they can also help to monitor and improve patient safety.

Indexed as

Electronic Health RecordsPatient SafetyAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment ActComputer SecurityGoalsHumansMeaningful UseMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedSoftwareUnited States

Identifiers

PMID23134389
PMCPMC3690003

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