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Development of an instrument to measure the unintended consequences of EHRs.

Carrington JM, Gephart SM, Verran JA, Finley BA. West J Nurs Res. 2015 Mar 22; [Epub ahead of print].

Electronic health records (EHRs) can improve and hinder the safety of care delivery. This commentary describes how existing data was used to develop a tool to measure unintended consequences of EHRs, which can help inform enhancements to EHR implementation.

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