Safety huddles to proactively identify and address electronic health record safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Safety huddles to proactively identify and address electronic health record safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published December 2016

Safety huddles to proactively identify and address electronic health record safety.

Menon S, Singh H, Giardina TD, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016 Dec 28; [Epub ahead of print].

Although health information technology can improve patient safety, it can also introduce risks. Researchers analyzed data from daily electronic health record safety huddles at one hospital. They concluded that such huddles may be a useful strategy to identify and mitigate concerns related to electronic health record safety.

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