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Unintended Consequences of EHR Systems: A Narrative Review
May 15, 2017
Authors evaluated research that examined unintended consequences of IT in health care, including data from a research study that analyzed EHR-related medical malpractice claims from the CRICO Strategies national Comparative Benchmarking System (CBS).
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Vanderhook S, Abraham J. Unintended consequences of EHR systems: A narrative review. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. May 15, 2017; 6(1):218–225. [Subscription may be required.]
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