Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care [With CDROM]

by Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology and National Research Council

IOM's 1999 landmark study To Err is Human estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 lives are lost every year due to medical errors. This call to action has led to a number of efforts to reduce errors and provide safe and effective health care. Information technology (IT) has been identified as a way to enhance the safety and effectiveness of care. In an effort to catalyze its implementation, the U.S. government has invested billions of dollars toward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309221129
• ISBN13: 9780309221122
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"