Advancing Quality & Patient Safety: Using the Electronic Medical Record

February 3, 2012

Paul Sharek, MD, MPH, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine
Medical Director of Quality and Clinical Effectiveness
Chief Clinical Patient Safety Officer
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA

After this presentation, attendees will be able to describe opportunities for strategic use of the EMR to advance quality and safety, list risks to patient safety that the EMR introduces, and identify strategies to mitigate these risks. Participants will be able to discuss the impact of an EMR implementation observed at a children’s hospital.

*At this time, archived videos are not approved for continuing medical education (CME) credit.

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