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Background: Quality management in health care services has not been as successful as in other industries. Objective: To assess the potential contribution of an on-line incident reporting system (OIRS) and of an electronic patient record (EPR) system to quality management in hospitals. Methods: The two approaches are being implemented in Osaka University Hospital. Results: Analysis of the early use...