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Leveraging the electronic health record to improve quality and safety in rheumatology.

January 10, 2018

Schmajuk G, Yazdany J. Rheumatol Int. 2017;37(10):1603-1610.

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Electronic health records have both safety benefits and unintended consequences. This review discusses safe management of rheumatoid arthritis in the ambulatory setting and highlights the need to capitalize on tools in electronic health records to enhance medication safety for the patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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