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Safe Electronic Health Record Use Requires a Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Dean Sittig–Feb 2, 2010

1: Ability to report safety events related to use 2: Enhanced certification 3: Self-assessment of 8 aspects of the EHR safe use framework have been addressed 4: On-site, in-person accreditation of EHRs as implemented & used 5: National EHR-related adverse event investigation board that reviews incidents.

Tags: General Common Interest, Health sciences, Electronic Health Records; EHR; EMR; Clinical Information Systems