• George Tewfik, Steven Rivoli, and Emily Methangkool.
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
• Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Dec 1; 37 (6): 676682676-682.

Purpose Of ReviewThe electronic health record (EHR) is an invaluable tool that may be used to improve patient safety. With a variety of different features, such as clinical decision support and computerized physician order entry, it has enabled improvement of patient care throughout medicine. EHR allows for built-in reminders for such items as antibiotic dosing and venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.Recent FindingsIn anesthesiology, EHR often improves patient safety by eliminating the need for reliance on manual documentation, by facilitating information transfer and incorporating predictive models for such items as postoperative nausea and vomiting. The use of EHR has been shown to improve patient safety in specific metrics such as using checklists or information transfer amongst clinicians; however, limited data supports that it reduces morbidity and mortality.SummaryThere are numerous potential pitfalls associated with EHR use to improve patient safety, as well as great potential for future improvement.Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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