“The Institute of Medicine (IOM) announced it will conduct a year-long study for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to identify best policies and practices for improving healthcare safety when using electronic health records.
The IOM, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, will examine prevention of health IT-related errors, rapid reporting of patient safety concerns and methods to promote safety-enhancing features of electronic health records (EHRs), said Dr. David Blumenthal, the national health IT coordinator.”
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Mary Mosquera, Government Health IT, 30 September 2010
