Health information technology and patient safety
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Health information technology and patient safety: evidence from panel data.
The potential of health information technology (IT) to transform health care delivery has spurred health IT adoption and will likely contribute to increased investments in coming years. Although an extensive literature shows the value of health IT at leading academic institutions, its broader value remains unknown. We sought to estimate IT's effect on key patient safety measures in a national s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1067-5027,1527-974X
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocx008