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STUDY

Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results.

Casalino LP, Dunham D, Chin MH, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1123-1129.

STUDY

Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients.

Lasser KE, Seger DL, Yu DT, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:338-344.

STUDY

Trends in primary care clinician perceptions of a new electronic health record.

El-Kareh R, Gandhi TK, Poon EG, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:464-468.

COMMENTARY

Incomplete care—on the trail of flaws in the system.

Gandhi TK, Zuccotti G, Lee TH. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:486-488.

STUDY

Notification of abnormal lab test results in an electronic medical record: do any safety concerns remain?

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Sittig DF, et al. Am J Med. 2010;123:238-244.

STUDY

Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge.

Dalal AK, Poon EG, Karson AS, Gandhi TK, Roy CL. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:16-21.

STUDY

The management of test results in primary care: does an electronic medical record make a difference?

Elder NC, McEwen TR, Flach J, Gallimore J, Pallerla H. Fam Med. 2010;42:327-333.

COMMENTARY

Ten strategies to improve management of abnormal test result alerts in the electronic health record.

Singh H, Wilson L, Reis B, Sawhney MK, Espadas D, Sittig DF. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:121-123.

COMMENTARY

Unintended errors with EHR-based result management: a case series.

Yackel TR, Embi PJ. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:104-107.

STUDY

Connected care: reducing errors through automated vital signs data upload.

Smith LB, Banner L, Lozano D, Olney CM, Friedman B. Comput Inform Nurs. 2009;27:318-323.

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Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records.

Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:238-243.

STUDY

Systematically improving physician assignment during in-hospital transitions of care by enhancing a preexisting hospital electronic health record.

Zsenits B, Polashenski WA, Sterns RH, Brown DR IV, Moheet A. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:308-312.

STUDY

Information overload and missed test results in electronic health record–based settings.

Singh H, Spitzmueller C, Petersen NJ, Sawhney MK, Sittig DF. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:702-704.

REVIEW

The benefits of health information technology: a review of the recent literature shows predominantly positive results.

Buntin MB, Burke MF, Hoaglin MC, Blumenthal D. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:464-471.

COMMENTARY

Health information technology is a vehicle, not a destination: a conversation with David J. Brailer.

Milstein A. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007;26:w236-w241.

STUDY

Errors of diagnosis in pediatric practice: a multisite survey.

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Wilson L, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:70-79.

COMMENTARY

Getting moving on patient safety—harnessing electronic data for safer care.

Jha AK, Classen DC. N Engl J Med 2011;365:1756-1758.

BOOK/REPORT

Health Information Technology in the United States: The Information Base for Progress.

Blumenthal D, DesRoches C, Donelan K, et al. Washington, DC: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2006.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety beyond the hospital.

Gandhi TK, Lee TH. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1001-1003.

COMMENTARY

Making inpatient medication reconciliation patient centered, clinically relevant and implementable: a consensus statement on key principles and necessary first steps.

Greenwald JL, Halasyamani L, Greene J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:477-485.

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