Patients' safety

Recently, the Institute of Medicine called for the continued development of a national health information infrastructure, providing real time access to complete information on patients and decision support. 10 In 2004 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality plans on spending nearly $60m to support research and implementation of information technology that improves patient safety. [...]the United States Department of Health and Human Services and other purchasers are collaborating to identify incentives to accelerate the use of health information technology.