JAMA Network February 7, 2022
On August 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule requiring eligible hospitals to attest annually that they performed a safety assessment of their electronic health record (EHR) system using SAFER (Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience) Guides.1 This milestone affects virtually all US hospitals, but there is no specific guidance on how hospitals should perform a self-assessment of these recommended practices. To address this gap, pragmatic guidelines were developed to provide a streamlined, stepwise approach for conducting a systematic EHR safety assessment that optimizes organizational resources, minimizes process inefficiencies, and maximizes EHR vendor involvement.
Context for Hospitals and Clinicians
The SAFER Guides are proactive, checklist-based, risk-assessment tools with 146 recommended practices to help...
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