Rural hospital information technology implementation for safety and quality improvement: lessons learned.

Mari F. Tietze; Josie Williams; Marisa Galimbertti

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Rural hospital information technology implementation for safety and quality improvement: lessons learned.

August 5, 2009

Tietze MF, Williams J, Galimbertti M. Comput Inform Nurs. 2009;27(4):206-14.

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This article describes the comprehensive efforts of 66 rural hospitals to incorporate information technology (IT) into their quality improvement efforts. The authors provide practical learning lessons about working in rural health systems, how best to utilize IT, and the importance of focusing on education and communication strategies.

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