“Hospitals and doctors should be required to report data glitches that create “hazards and near-misses” that affect patient safety to a national patient safety organization starting in 2013, according to recommendations proposed today by a Health and Human Services Department advisory workgroup.
In addition, patients also should be encouraged to report errors, omissions and other mistakes in their medical records, and electronic health record (EHR) systems should include “feedback” buttons to quickly report data problems that occur when using the systems.”
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Alice Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week, 29 March 2010
