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Where can I find information on errors in medicine and the role that information management technology can play in helping to solve the problem?

Where can I find information on errors in medicine and the role that information management technology can play in helping to solve the problem? by Kenneth R. Ong, MD, MPH

The national concern about medical errors promises to be one of the hottest topics in health care and IT and will be a key driver for the diffusion of the CPR and/or its components (rules engines, electronic transmission of prescriptions) in the coming year. How we value or weight these concerns in our cost-effectiveness analyses will be a challenge to us all.

Selected links regarding Medical Errors:

Institute of Medicine report
- To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System
Clinton task force to seek reduction in medical errors
American Society of Health-Care Pharmacists
- ASHP Proposes Critical Steps in National Solution to Medical Error Problem
MEDERRORS.com, a web site devoted to providing information on medication errors and adverse drug events
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality - list of resources provide additional information on medical errors and patient safety

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