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CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 9 Chapter 2 Profile of the digitization of patient medical records in Dutch hospitals. 19 Chapter 3 The Association between eHealth Capabilities and the Quality and Safety of Health Care in The Netherlands: Comparison of HIMSS Analytics EMRAM data with Elsevier’s ‘The Best Hospitals’ data. 41 Chapter 4 Patient safety outcomes and their association with the level of digitization in Dutch hospitals 53 Chapter 5 Level of digitization in Dutch hospitals and the lengths of stay of patients with colorectal cancer. 69 Chapter 6 Medical Specialists’ Perspectives on the Influence of Electronic Medical Record Use on the Quality of Hospital Care: Semi structured Interview Study. 85 Chapter 7 General discussion 109 Appendices Bibliography 117 Summary 119 Samenvatting 120 About the author 121 Acknowledgements 122

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