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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Patient Safety Authority
2020-12-01
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Series: | Patient Safety |
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Online Access: | https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/357 |