Making Technology Safer

TMA’s Ad Hoc Committee on Health Information Technology (HIT) has identified patient-safety related events caused by technology as an important initiative for TMA. The importance of this issue is heightened now that EHRs are universally installed across the U.S. health care system.
In 2017, TMA joined the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety, a multi-stakeholder collaborative whose goal is to make health information technology safer together. The Partnership’s activities include analyzing health IT-related safety hazards and events and using what is learned to develop safer products and practices.
This page is dedicated to providing resources and education designed to improve the safe and effective use of technology for better health outcomes.