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STUDY

Evaluation of a physician informatics tool to improve patient handoffs.

Flanagan ME, Patterson ES, Frankel RM, Doebbeling BN. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:509-515.

STUDY

Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

STUDY

Systematically improving physician assignment during in-hospital transitions of care by enhancing a preexisting hospital electronic health record.

Zsenits B, Polashenski WA, Sterns RH, Brown DR IV, Moheet A. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:308-312.

STUDY

Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary.

O'Leary KJ, Liebovitz SM, Feinglass J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:219-225.

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Design and implementation of an application and associated services to support interdisciplinary medication reconciliation efforts at an integrated healthcare delivery network.

Poon EG, Blumenfeld B, Hamann C, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:581-592.

STUDY

The effect of hospital electronic health record adoption on nurse-assessed quality of care and patient safety.

Kutney-Lee A, Kelly D. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:466-472.

STUDY

The Veterans Affairs shift change physician-to-physician handoff project.

Anderson J, Shroff D, Curtis A, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:62-71.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety in numbers? Try connectivity.

Dyell D. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. January/February 2012;9:34-37.

STUDY

Multi-professional patterns and methods of communication during patient handoffs.

Benham-Hutchins MM, Effken JA. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79:252-267.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Piecing together medication administration.

Anderson HJ. Health Data Manage. May 1, 2009;17:22.

STUDY

Paper- and computer-based workarounds to electronic health record use at three benchmark institutions.

Flanagan ME, Saleem JJ, Millitello LG, Russ AL, Doebbeling BN. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013 Mar 14; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Cognitive performance-altering effects of electronic medical records: an application of the human factors paradigm for patient safety.

Holden RJ. Cogn Tech Work. 2011;13:11-29.

STUDY

What stands in the way of technology-mediated patient safety improvements? A study of facilitators and barriers to physicians' use of electronic health records.

Holden RJ. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:193-203.

STUDY

Physicians' attitudes towards copy and pasting in electronic note writing.

O'Donnell HC, Kaushal R, Barrón Y, Callahan MA, Adelman RD, Siegler EL. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:63-68.

COMMENTARY

Application of electronic health records to The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.

Radecki RP, Sittig DF. JAMA. 2011;306:92-93.

STUDY

Use of electronic health records in US hospitals.

Jha AK, Desroches CM, Campbell EG, et al. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1628-1638.

STUDY

The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted time series evaluation.

Smith DH, Perrin N, Feldstein A, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1098-1104.

COMMENTARY

Creating an oversight infrastructure for electronic health record–related patient safety hazards.

Singh H, Classen DC, Sittig DF. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:169-174.

STUDY

The effect of health information technology on quality in U.S. hospitals.

McCullough JS, Casey M, Moscovice I, Prasad S. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:647-654.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Don't come back, hospitals say.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. June 7, 2011:D3.

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