TY  - JOUR
T1  - IT vulnerabilities highlighted by errors, malfunctions at veterans’ medical centers
AU  - Kuehn BM
Y1  - 2009/03/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.239
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 919
EP  - 920
VL  - 301
IS  - 9
N2  - 
Although many advocates of electronic medical records systems promote them as a means to reduce mistakes affecting patient care, the recent problems in the VA system and other evidence suggest that malfunctions of these systems or problems with the way they are implemented have the potential to lead to medical errors. Understanding how such problems occur as well as how they might be prevented is particularly critical as the Obama administration considers health care reforms that include more widespread adoption of electronic records systems in health care.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.239
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.239
ER  -