Newspaper/Magazine Article VA takes the lead in paperless care. Citation Text: Brown D. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL April 25, 2007 Brown D. View more articles from the same authors. This article describes the Veterans Affairs' universal medical records network and illustrates how use of electronic medical records at VA medical centers supports safe care. Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Brown D. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Healing the hospital hierarchy. March 27, 2013 The STEP-up programme: engaging all staff in patient safety. September 26, 2018 Safety Ethics: Cases from Aviation, Healthcare and Occupational and Environmental Health. May 4, 2005 Safety Culture: Building and Sustaining a Cultural Change in Aviation and Healthcare. March 14, 2012 Simulation in Surgical Training and Practice. 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Safety Ethics: Cases from Aviation, Healthcare and Occupational and Environmental Health. May 4, 2005
Impact of a pharmacist-directed pain management service on inpatient opioid use, pain control, and patient safety. February 27, 2019
Nurses' role in detecting deterioration in ward patients: systematic literature review. September 30, 2009
VA Health Care: Improvements Needed in Processes Used to Address Providers' Actions That Contribute to Adverse Events. January 15, 2014
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives. August 25, 2010
Hospital Experiences Using Electronic Health Records to Support Medication Reconciliation. August 13, 2014
Goals and Priorities for Health Care Organizations to Improve Safety Using Health IT. Revised Report. June 29, 2016
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report. September 14, 2011
Talking with Patients and Families about Medical Error: A Guide for Education and Practice. February 16, 2011
Her child was stillborn at 39 weeks. She blames a system that doesn’t always listen to mothers. November 30, 2022
Nearly all hospital pharmacists say drug shortages are negatively impacting care; a third say impacts are ‘critical.’ August 23, 2023
Impact of a pharmacist on medication reconciliation on patient admission to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. September 3, 2008
VA pauses $16B Oracle Cerner EHR deployments indefinitely to address error-ridden early rollout. May 3, 2023
Assessment of opioid prescribing practices before and after implementation of a health system intervention to reduce opioid overprescribing. October 31, 2018
An Organisation Losing its Memory? Patient Safety Alerts: Implementation, Monitoring and Regulation in England February 19, 2020
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Patient Safety Innovations Remote Response Team and Customized Alert Settings Help Improve Management of Sepsis May 31, 2023
VA pauses $16B Oracle Cerner EHR deployments indefinitely to address error-ridden early rollout. May 3, 2023
Senators threaten consequences after VA confirms 4 deaths tied to computer system tested in Spokane. March 29, 2023
Charlie Bourg was on the lookout for veterans harmed by a new VA computer system. He didn’t expect to be one of them. September 21, 2022
Emergency preparedness: be ready for unanticipated electronic health record (EHR) downtime. September 7, 2022
Speaking up about patient-perceived serious visit note errors: patient and family experiences and recommendations. January 13, 2021
Implementation and sustainability of a medication reconciliation toolkit: a mixed methods evaluation. August 5, 2020
Prospective daily review of discharge medications by pharmacists: effects on measures of safety and efficiency. January 16, 2019
Mind the overlap: how system problems contribute to cognitive failure and diagnostic errors. October 24, 2018
Challenges in communication from referring clinicians to pathologists in the electronic health record era. June 20, 2018
Safe practice recommendations for the use of copy-forward with nursing flow sheets in hospital settings. July 12, 2017
Comparison of accuracy of physical examination findings in initial progress notes between paper charts and a newly implemented electronic health record. July 20, 2016