Health IT Hazard Manager.

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Health IT Hazard Manager.

July 11, 2012

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Publication No. 12-0058-EF May 2012.

This Web site provides information associated with a software tool to identify and prevent hazards from health information technology use.

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