Current challenges in health information technology–related patient safety.

Dean F Sittig; Adam Wright; Enrico Coiera; Farah Magrabi; Raj M Ratwani; David W Bates; Hardeep Singh

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Current challenges in health information technology–related patient safety.

January 16, 2019

Sittig DF, Wright A, Coiera E, et al. Health Inform J. 2020;26(1):181-189.

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Health information technology (IT) implementation is a complex endeavor that requires a sociotechnical orientation to succeed. This article outlines nine key challenges to safety that must be addressed across the three stages of health IT: design and development; implementation and use; and monitoring, evaluation, and optimization.

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