RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Digital safety: the next frontier for patient safety JF Future Healthcare Journal JO Future Healthc J FD Royal College of Physicians SP e598 OP e601 DO 10.7861/fhj.2021-0152 VO 8 IS 3 A1 Kelsey Flott A1 James Maguire A1 Natasha Phillips YR 2021 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/3/e598.abstract AB Healthcare safety is the product of many interrelated parts of the health system that change over time, so efforts to improve safety also need to evolve and modernise to pre-empt emerging risks. One major shift is that the records and data infrastructure necessary to support safety improvements and evaluation are increasingly facilitated by, or dependent on, digital technologies. Continuing to reduce harm and save lives requires taking a closer look at digital technologies, both in the risks they present and the solutions they offer. The priorities for digital clinical safety can be considered in two parts: first, the intrinsic safety of technologies, and second, the extrinsic ability of technologies to drive safety. Embracing these two components requires digital clinical safety to become part of the healthcare culture, with everyone understanding their role in digital clinical safety. It must include processes being easy to follow with clear, accessible guidance, accompanied by targeted standards. Patients and staff must be equipped and empowered via digital clinical safety training. Finally, the vision for digital safety includes safety solutions that should be digitally enabled, with digital technologies appropriately applied to tackle major patient safety issues.