title: Implementing the Clinical Dashboard at VCUHS.
abstract: Medical errors are an enormous problem in the health care industry. With the growing prominence of electronic medical records, new tools are becoming available to reduce the risk of errors. A clinical dashboard is one tool that is being employed in health systems to reduce medical error and improve clinician communication. The aim of this paper is to review how a clinical dashboard tool has been implemented at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS ) with the intention of reducing preventable medical errors.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Kristine K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Bakos
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moriconi