How to Avoid Wrong-Patient Errors

“One gets accustomed to certain systems and then gets better at using it,” said Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, chief of the Health Policy, Quality, and Informatics Program at the Center for Innovation in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston. “But if every place you went had a different medical record system, your comfort level in looking for or entering patient information would almost certainly go down.” | ← Previous | | | Next → | Single Page