Director's Update

Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on Health Information Technology (Health IT) and Safety

• Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care (11/8/11).
• Recommendation:
  • AHRQ and Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) work together closely on health IT and safety:
    • AHRQ has been doing that and will continue to do so.
  • AHRQ fund more research on health IT and patient safety:
    • AHRQ will do that.

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