Background Personal health records (PHRs) offer the potential to improve the patient
experience and the quality of patient care. However, the “digital divide,” the population-level …

Objective: Despite emerging evidence that electronic health records (EHRs) can improve the
efficiency and quality of medical care, most physicians in office practice in the United States …

Context Few data exist on the relationships between experienced physicians' work hours
and sleep, and patient safety. Objective To determine if sleep opportunities for attending …

Background Web-based personal health records (PHRs) have been advocated as a means
to improve type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) care. However, few Web-based systems are linked …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine characteristics of drug allergy alert
overrides, assess how often they lead to preventable adverse drug events (ADEs), and …

Background: Personal health records (PHRs) have emerged as an important tool with which
patients can electronically communicate with their doctors and doctor's offices. However …

Background Adverse drug events (ADEs) may lead to serious injury and may result in
malpractice claims. While ADEs resulting in claims are not representative of all ADEs, such …

Objective To determine the effects of a personal health record (PHR)-linked medications
module on medication accuracy and safety. Design From September 2005 to March 2007 …

BACKGROUND Provider and patient reminders can be effective in increasing rates of
preventive screenings and vaccinations. However, the effect of patient-directed electronic …

Objective: The study objective was to evaluate the accuracy, validity, and clinical usefulness
of medication error alerts generated by an alerting system using outlier detection screening …