Healthcare Innovation May 28, 2020
David Raths

CMIO Gianna Zuccotti, M.D., describes creation of a team structure to develop a cohesive response to EHR safety issues

Partners HealthCare is the largest healthcare network in Massachusetts, with a wide range of hospitals, clinics and ambulatory practices. Because of its size and diversity, it historically found it challenging to craft cohesive responses to EHR-related safety issues and communicate them efficiently across the organization. As Partners shifted to an enterprise Epic implementation from 2013 through 2017, it created a patient safety rapid response team to improve safety efforts.

Gianna Zuccotti, M.D., is the chief medical information officer for Partners, which is in the process of changing its name to Mass General Brigham. During last week’s virtual AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference,...

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