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COMMENTARY

DNR in the OR and Afterwards

Lo B. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2006.

COMMENTARY

Electronic Err.

Tang PC. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2004.

COMMENTARY

Recurrent Hypoglycemia: A Care Transition Failure?

Eytan T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2008.

COMMENTARY

Discharge Fumbles.

Forster A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.

COMMENTARY

Enhancing electronic health record usability in pediatric patient care: a scenario-based approach.

Patterson ES, Zhang J, Abbott P, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:129-135.

COMMENTARY

Techno Trip.

Cook RI. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2005.

COMMENTARY

Triple Handoff

Vidyarthi AR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2006.

STUDY

Using a computerized sign-out system to improve physician–nurse communication.

Sidlow R, Katz-Sidlow RJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:32-36.

COMMENTARY

Hard to Swallow.

Driver J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2004.

STUDY

Risk of medication errors at hospital discharge and barriers to problem resolution.

Enguidanos SM, Brumley RD. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2005;24:123-135.

STUDY

Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

STUDY

Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary.

O'Leary KJ, Liebovitz SM, Feinglass J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:219-225.

STUDY

ICU nurses' acceptance of electronic health records.

Carayon P, Cartmill R, Blosky MA, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:812-819.

REVIEW

The impact of electronic health records on time efficiency of physicians and nurses: a systematic review.

Poissant L, Pereira J, Tamblyn R, Kawasumi Y. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005;12:505-516.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Keeping track of aging patients’ medications.

Cooney E. Worcester Telegram & Gazette. January 28, 2008;Living section:E1.

STUDY

The effect of two different electronic health record user interfaces on intensive care provider task load, errors of cognition, and performance.

Ahmed A, Chandra S, Herasevich V, Gajic O, Pickering BW. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:1626-1634.

STUDY

Medication safety teams' guided implementation of electronic medication administration records in five nursing homes.

Scott-Cawiezell J, Madsen RW, Pepper GA, Vogelsmeier A, Petroski G, Zellmer D. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:29-35.

STUDY

Horus meets Nightingale in the modern age: how nursing communicates with pharmacy in HCIT era.

Armstrong I, Cox MA. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;122:585-586.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Disuse of system is cited in gaps in soldiers' care.

Urbina I, Nixon R. New York Times. March 30, 2007;National Desk section:1.

COMMENTARY

Patient Safety: A Perspective from Office Practice.

Baron RJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2009.

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