The Safety of Outpatient Health Care : Review of Electronic Health Records

CONCLUSION: Outpatient harm was relatively common and often serious. Adverse drug events were most frequent. Rates were higher among older adults. Interventions to curtail outpatient harm are urgently needed.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: Controlled Risk Insurance Company and the Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions.PMID:38710086 | DOI:10.7326/M23-2063

Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - May 6, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: David M Levine Ania Syrowatka Hojjat Salmasian David M Shahian Stuart Lipsitz Jonathan P Zebrowski Laura C Myers Merranda S Logan Christopher G Roy Christine Iannaccone Michelle L Frits Lynn A Volk Sevan Dulgarian Mary G Amato Heba H Edrees Luke Sato Patr Source Type: research