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Journal Article > Commentary
ACOG Committee Opinion #472: patient safety and the electronic health record.
ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116:1245-1247.
This guideline describes how electronic health records can improve communication in obstetrics and gynecology and provides tips to successfully implement these systems.
Cases & Commentaries
Copy and Paste
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William Hersh, MD; July-August 2007
A hospitalized elderly woman had clinical indications to receive medication to prevent venous thromboembolism. The intern noted this in the electronic record, and although this information was copied and pasted in the record on 4 consecutive days, the patient never received the intended prophylaxis and suffered a pulmonary embolism after discharge.
Cases & Commentaries
DRESSed for Failure
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Erika Abramson, MD, MS, and Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH; September 2013
After a new electronic health record was introduced without automatically transferring patients' allergy information to the corresponding fields, a woman was given an antibiotic she was allergic to, which resulted in her being admitted to the intensive care unit.
Perspectives on Safety > Interview
In Conversation with…Robert M. Wachter, MD
Not Paying for Errors: A Policy Perspective, October 2008
At the University of California, San Francisco, Robert M. Wachter, MD, is Professor and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine; Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine; Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Hospital Medicine; and Chief of the Medical Service at UCSF Medical Center. He is also Editor of AHRQ WebM&M and AHRQ Patient Safety Network.