The Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation (LLI) hosted a symposium to bring together LLI members and health care leaders to consider the potential effects of HIT implementation on patient safety, focusing on the Institute’s six transforming concepts,each deemed to be an integral component in advocating for patient safety. Over the course of an afternoon’s discussion and an evening presentation by David Blumenthal, MD, MPP,National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with the Department of Health and Human Services, participants engaged in a lively and provocative interchange. The proceedings strive to capture the discussion.
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