EHR safety: the way forward to safe and effective systems.

James M Walker; Pascale Carayon; Nancy Leveson; Ronald A Paulus; John Tooker; Homer Chin; Albert Bothe; Walter F Stewart

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EHR safety: the way forward to safe and effective systems.

April 2, 2008

Walker JM, Carayon P, Leveson N, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15(3):272-7.

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This article describes a process for developing an electronic health record system that incorporates elements of safety theory and practice.

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