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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.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Enhancing patient safety and quality of care by improving the usability of electronic health record systems: recommendations from AMIA.

Middleton B, Bloomrosen M, Dente MA, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print].

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

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

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

STUDY

The effect of health information technology on quality in U.S. hospitals.

McCullough JS, Casey M, Moscovice I, Prasad S. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:647-654.

STUDY

The long road to patient safety: a status report on patient safety systems.

Longo DR, Hewett JE, Ge B, Schubert S. JAMA. 2005;294:2858-2865.

STUDY

Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records.

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

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.

COMMENTARY

Medical malpractice liability in the age of electronic health records.

Mangalmurti SS, Murtagh L, Mello MM. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:2060-2067.

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.

COMMENTARY classic

Healthcare in a land called PeoplePower: nothing about me without me.

Delbanco T, Berwick DM, Boufford JI, et al. Health Expect. 2001;4:144-150.

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.

REVIEW

Impact of health information technology interventions to improve medication laboratory monitoring for ambulatory patients: a systematic review.

Fischer SH, Tjia J, Field TS. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:631-636.

COMMENTARY

Application of electronic health records to The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.

Radecki RP, Sittig DF. JAMA. 2011;306:92-93.

STUDY

Use of electronic health records in US hospitals.

Jha AK, Desroches CM, Campbell EG, et al. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1628-1638.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Q: What scares doctors? A: Being the patient.

Gibbs N, Bower A. Time Magazine. May 1, 2006.

STUDY

Electronic health record adoption by children's hospitals in the United States.

Nakamura MM, Ferris TG, DesRoches CM, Jha AK. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010;164:1145-1151.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Wrist tag 'offers drug warning.'

BBC News. August 9, 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Data docs.

Wherry R. Forbes Magazine. June 20, 2005.

STUDY

Electronic health record use and the quality of ambulatory care in the United States.

Linder JA, Ma J, Bates DW, Middleton B, Stafford BS. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1400-1405.

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