AHRQ Patient Safety Network ► Patient safety goals for the proposed Federal Health Information Technology Safety Center.

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Safety/IT leaders lay out vision for a proposed national health IT safety center.J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Oct 20; [Epub ahead of print].

Patient safety goals for the proposed Federal Health Information Technology Safety Center.

Sittig DF, Classen DC, Singh H. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Oct 20; [Epub ahead of print].

This commentary recommends goals for a national organization expected to oversee health information technology (IT) safety in the United States, including monitoring and tracking safety events, investigating incidents and disseminating guidance, building a process and infrastructure to examine the safety of health IT systems, and generating support for vigilance around health IT safety in the public and private sectors.

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