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Opportunities to mine EHRs for malpractice risk management and patient safety.

September 7, 2022

Adler-Milstein J, Sarkar U, Wachter RM. J Patient Saf Risk Manag. 2022;27(4):160-162.

Electronic health records (EHR) house and provide access to a plethora of data to inform care and management decisions. This commentary suggests that EHRs have yet to be fully embraced as a tool to proactively identify areas of risk that could lead to legal action.

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