“The workgroup proposed to create a new national database and reporting system to track health information technology-related hazards that could affect patient safety. In a draft paper discussed at their meeting they considered a national health IT reporting system where providers could report data on all incidents and potential hazards to a patient safety organization.
“Overall, patient safety is better in health care organizations with IT than in health care organizations without IT, provided that the IT systems have been implemented correctly, and provided that an appropriate improvement culture exists,” the paper states.”
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Brian Ahier, Healthcare, Technology & Government 2.0, 12 March 2010
