Using information technology to improve the quality and safety of emergency care.

Daniel A Handel; Robert L. Wears; Larry A. Nathanson; Jesse M. Pines

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Using information technology to improve the quality and safety of emergency care.

July 6, 2011

Handel DA, Wears RL, Nathanson LA, et al. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2011;18(6).

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This commentary explores how health information technology can affect care delivery in the emergency department.

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