Dean F. Sittig, PhD, is a Professor at the School of Biomedical Informatics in The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and a member of the UT Houston-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety. Dr. Sittig's research interests center on the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of all aspects of clinical information systems. In addition to Dr. Sittig's work on measuring the impact of clinical information systems on a large scale, he is working to improve our understanding of both the factors that lead to success, as well as, the unintended consequences associated with computer-based clinical decision support and provider order entry systems.

• Introduction. Eight Rights of Safe Electronic Health Record Use. Ten Considerations for the Adoption of Health Information Technology. Defining Health Information-Technology Errors. Risk Management of EHR-Related Safety Concerns. Matching Identifiers in Electronic Health Records. Rights and Responsibilities of Users of Electronic Health Records. A Human Factors Guide to EHR Usability. Ten Commandments for Effective Clinical Decision Support. Improving Clinical Quality Indicators. Computerized Clinical Decision Support. Governance for Clinical Decision Support. Use of Order Sets in Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems. Improving the Effectiveness of EHR-Based Referral Processes. Eight Recommendations for Communicating Test Results. Follow-Up of Abnormal Cancer Screens Using HER. Recommendations for Bar-Code Medication Administration. Computerized Provider Order Entry Adoption. Lessons from Unexpected Increased Mortality. Index.