Ways to Improve Electronic Health Record Safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Ways to Improve Electronic Health Record Safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published August 2018

Ways to Improve Electronic Health Record Safety.

Philadelphia, PA: Pew Charitable Trusts, American Medical Association, and Medstar Health; 2018.

Electronic health records both contribute to and detract from safe care. This report recommends best practices, test case criteria, and sample test cases to help developers and health care organizations identify and address electronic health record weaknesses and prevent patient harm.

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