Health Information Technology–Related Wrong-Patient Errors: Context is Critical

Health information technology (HIT) provides many benefits, but also facilitates certain types of errors, such as wrong-patient errors in which one patient is mistaken for another. These errors can have serious patient safety consequences and there has been significant effort to mitigate the risk o...

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Main Authors: Tracy Kim, Jessica Howe, Ella Franklin, Seth Krevat, Rebecca Jones, Katharine Adams, Allan Fong, Jessica Oaks, Raj Ratwani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Patient Safety Authority 2020-12-01
Series:Patient Safety
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Online Access:https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/357