Patient safety informatics: criteria development for assessing the maturity of digital patient safety in hospitals.

Jan-Oliver Kutza; Ursula Hübner; A. Jay Holmgren; Moritz Esdar

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Patient safety informatics: criteria development for assessing the maturity of digital patient safety in hospitals.

June 29, 2022

Kutza J-O, Hübner U, Holmgren AJ, et al. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022;(294):885-889.

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As use of health information technology (IT) applications expands, experts have raised patient safety concerns. Based on a literature review and expert feedback, this article summarizes approaches for assessing digital patient safety maturity in hospitals in order to maximize both health IT implementation and high quality, safe patient care.

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