Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Improving outpatient safety through effective electronic communication: a study protocol | Implementation Science BioMed Central Open Access Study protocol Improving outpatient safety through effective electronic communication a study protocol Sylvia J Hysong 1 Mona K Sawhney1 Lindsey Wilson1 Dean F Sittig2 3 Adol Esquivel1 Monica Watford1 Traber Davis1 Donna Espadas1 and Hardeep Singh1 Address 1Houston VA HSR D Center of Excellence and The Center of Inquiry to Improve Outpatient Safety Through Effective Electronic Communication Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Section of Health Services Research Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas USA 2University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences Houston Texas USA and 3University of Texas Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety Houston Texas USA Email Sylvia J Hysong - Mona K Sawhney - Lindsey Wilson - Dean F Sittig - Adol Esquivel - Monica Watford - Traber Davis - Donna Espadas - Hardeep Singh - Corresponding author Published 25 September 2009 Received 2 June 2009 Accepted 25 September 2009 Implementation Science 2009 4 62 doi 1748-5908-4-62 This article is available from http content 4 1 62 2009 Hysong et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Health information technology and electronic medical records EMRs are potentially powerful systems-based interventions to facilitate diagnosis and treatment because they ensure the delivery of key new findings and other health related information to the practitioner. However effective .