El Camino Hospital: using health information technology to promote patient safety.

Susan Bukunt; Christine Hunter; Sharon Perkins; Diana Russell; Lee Domanico

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El Camino Hospital: using health information technology to promote patient safety.

January 2, 2017

Bukunt S, Hunter C, Perkins S, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;31(10):561-565.

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Representatives from this 2005 American Hospital Association McKesson Quest for Quality Prize finalist discuss their use of bar coding, computerized provider order entry, and digital medical records to support safe and high quality health care.

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