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February, 2012
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Meaningful Use Needs Patient Safety Reports, Say Experts

“Hard on the heels of an Institute of Medicine report on regulating the safety of electronic health records (EHRs) and related health IT tools, Ashish K. Jha, MD, and David C. Classen, MD, two of the report’s coauthors, called for patient safety measures to be included in Meaningful Use requirements. In a New England Journal of Medicine article, they also proposed that certified EHRs be required to have modules for documenting adverse events.”

Article
Ken Terry, InformationWeek, 15 November 2011
Abstract (Jha 2011)

16 November 2011 | Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Adverse Events, Meaningful Use, Patient Safety
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