title: Under-mined.
abstract: Hospitals and others collect a ton of information that could vastly improve patient safety. But so far, there is no coordinated effort to effectively use all the data that we mine.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D016208:Databases, Factual; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008318:Malpractice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012308:Risk Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D012449:Safety / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology