title: Improving safety with information technology.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. dbates@partners.org
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Atul A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gawande
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003142:Communication; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*