Improving Safety with Information Technology
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- 19 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 348 (25) , 2526-2534
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa020847
Abstract
Health care is growing increasingly complex, and most clinical research focuses on new approaches to diagnosis and treatment. In contrast, relatively little effort has been targeted at the perfection of operational systems, which are partly responsible for the well-documented problems with medical safety.1 If medicine is to achieve major gains in quality, it must be transformed, and information technology will play a key part,2 especially with respect to safety.Keywords
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