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Health IT and patient safety : building safer systems for better care /

"IOM's 1999 landmark study To Err is Human estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 lives are lost every year due to medical errors. This call to action has led to a number of efforts to reduce errors and provide safe and effective health care. Information technology (IT) has been identifi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Evaluating the current state of patient safety and health IT
  • Examination of the current state of the art in system safety and its relationship to the safety of health IT assisted care
  • Opportunities to build a safer system for health
  • Opportunities to build a safer system for health IT
  • Patients and families use of health IT : concerns about safety
  • Shared responsibility in improving health IT safety
  • Future research for care transformation.