Creating an oversight infrastructure for electronic health record–related patient safety hazards.

Hardeep Singh; David Classen; Dean F. Sittig

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Creating an oversight infrastructure for electronic health record–related patient safety hazards.

November 30, 2011

Singh H, Classen D, Sittig DF. J Patient Saf. 2011;7(4):169-74.

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This commentary describes an electronic health record (EHR) oversight program to monitor and identify EHR-related safety hazards.

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