Hospital adoption of information technologies and improved patient safety: a study of 98 hospitals in Florida.

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Hospital adoption of information technologies and improved patient safety: a study of 98 hospitals in Florida.

January 2, 2008

Menachemi N; Saunders C; Chukmaitov A; Matthews MC; Brooks RG.

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Hospitals with mature clinical information systems demonstrated improved performance on AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators.

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