Goals and Priorities for Health Care Organizations to Improve Safety Using Health IT. Revised Report.

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Goals and Priorities for Health Care Organizations to Improve Safety Using Health IT. Revised Report.

June 29, 2016

Graber ML, Bailey R, Johnston D. RTI International; Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; 2016.

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Health care organizations and clinicians are aware of the unintended consequences associated with health information technology. This report summarized the evidence to provide recommendations and help hospitals develop strategies to ensure safe use of health IT systems.

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