​The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and RTI International are hosting a 10-part webinar series on health information technology (IT) and patient safety, beginning with a December 18, 2014, session at 1:00 p.m. The webinars will cover a wide range of topics, research, and programs, all related to the objectives of using health IT to make care safer and of continuously improving the safety and safe use of health IT. This first webinar will present recent research on the role of health IT in adverse events from two different perspectives. The first presentation will look at the impact of advanced electronic health records (EHRs) on adverse events reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. The second presentation will explore how health IT contributed to sentinel events reported to the Joint Commission. Together, these presentations suggest that advanced EHRs have reduced adverse events and created a new, significantly better foundation for patient safety, while also introducing new sources of potential harm, which must be addressed. Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1922833994130616066. For any questions on registration for this event, please contact Madhu Shrestha at (301) 816-4624 or at mshrestha@rti.org.