Trends in health information technology safety: from technology-induced errors to current approaches for ensuring technology safety.

Elizabeth M. Borycki

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Trends in health information technology safety: from technology-induced errors to current approaches for ensuring technology safety.

August 7, 2013

Borycki EM. Healthc Inform Res. 2013;19(2):69-78.

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This review explores errors associated with health information technology, including methods to identify, understand, monitor, and prevent them.

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