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Journal Article > Commentary
Challenges in patient safety improvement research in the era of electronic health records.
Russo E, Sittig DF, Murphy DR, Singh H. Healthc (Amst). 2016;4:285-290.
Using a case study on missed and delayed follow-up of test results, this commentary explores challenges and opportunities that data from electronic health records present for patient safety research. Key barriers to utilizing electronic health record data to inform improvement work include restricted access to data, difficulty interpreting data, and workforce issues.
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Socio-technical issues and challenges in implementing safe patient handovers: insights from ethnographic case studies.
Balka E, Tolar M, Coates S, Whitehouse S. Int J Med Inform. 2013;82:e345-e357.
This ethnographic case study explored patient handoffs across different situations, including pre-hospital and primary care settings. These analyses emphasize numerous contextual issues that need be considered when creating computerized systems to support handoffs.