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EHR Usability & Health IT Safety.

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and RTI International. June 19, 2015. 1:00–2:30 PM (Eastern).

Health information technology (IT) is seen as an important component of reliable health care, despiteproblems associated with these systems. This webinar will explore usability issues with a focus on the cognitive impact of health IT on physician work processes and organization-wide competence in user-centered design.

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