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. 2018 Mar 27;319(12):1276-1278.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.1171.

Electronic Health Record Usability Issues and Potential Contribution to Patient Harm

Jessica L Howe  1 , Katharine T Adams  1 , A Zachary Hettinger  1 , Raj M Ratwani  1
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Electronic Health Record Usability Issues and Potential Contribution to Patient Harm

Jessica L Howe et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study analyzed patient safety reports in and near Pennsylvania from 2013 through 2016 to identify those that contained explicit language associating possible patient harm with an electronic health record usability issue.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.

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