Does the EMR improve or worsen patient safety?

An excerpt from When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error. One of the selling points for the electronic medical record (EMR) was that it would be a boon for patient safety. Just having all the medical records in one place is a monumental improvement over the days of lost charts and misplaced X-rays. […]

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Original Article Posted at : https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/06/does-the-emr-improve-or-worsen-patient-safety.html