title: Risk managers looking to EMR systems for proactive reduction of medical errors.
abstract: An initiative combining risk management and electronic medical records (EMRs) at MedStar Health, Columbia, MD, is expected to reduce medical errors and cut malpractice losses by an average of approximately $2 million a year.
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance