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Quality, Safety, and the Electronic Medical Record

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Abstract

Electronic medical records (EMRs) are becoming increasingly prevalent across clinical settings, and like any other new technology, they have the potential both to enhance and to compromise the quality of medical care and patient safety. This chapter provides an introduction to the basic quality and safety issues pertinent to the adoption and use of EMRs by practicing surgeons.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, University of Wisconsin Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792, USA

    Carter Smith MD (Surgical Resident)

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, 2200 Children’s Way, Doctor’s Office Tower, Suite 7100, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

    Gretchen Purcell Jackson MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Informatics)

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Correspondence to Carter Smith MD .

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Smith, C., Jackson, G.P. (2012). Quality, Safety, and the Electronic Medical Record. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_5

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